Measuring damages for lost enjoyment of life: The view from the bench and the jury box

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-68

  Poser, Susan ^a   Bornstein, Brian H ^a   McGorty, E Kiernan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional distress; Juries; Noneconomic damages; Pain and suffering

Indexed keywords

BODY IMAGE; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEASUREMENT; PAIN; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COMPENSATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; INJURY; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; STUDENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDICIAL ROLE; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0037312306     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021626928063     Document Type: Review

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