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Psychological assessment of postdisaster class action and personal injury litigants: A case study
Author(s) -
Murphy Shirley A.,
Keating John P.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.2490080309
Subject(s) - plaintiff , action (physics) , personal injury , class action , psychology , class (philosophy) , psychological trauma , social psychology , clinical psychology , law , political science , computer science , state (computer science) , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence
The case study method is used to describe psychological assessments undertaken with victims of a combined natural/technological disaster for litigation purposes. A class action suit was filed in which the authors determined levels of traumatic stress in 27 plaintiffs as a group and relative to each other. The process was effective–the case was settled out of court in favor of the litigants. Individual litigants were satisfied with monetary awards received.