Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress
Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress (NIED) occurs when someone suffers emotional trauma due to another person's careless actions. For example, if someone witnesses a serious accident caused by another's negligence and experiences significant emotional distress as a result, they may have a claim for NIED. To succeed, the harmed person usually must demonstrate that the negligent party owed them a duty of care, breached that duty, and that the emotional distress was a foreseeable outcome of the negligence. Unlike physical injuries, NIED focuses on the psychological impact of the negligent behavior.
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Negligent infliction of emotional distress occurs when someone’s careless actions cause significant emotional harm to another person. For example, if a person witnesses a serious accident due to someone else’s negligence and suffers anxiety, depression, or other emotional issues as a result, they may have a claim for this type of distress. Unlike physical injuries, this claim focuses on the psychological impact caused by the negligent conduct of another, emphasizing the need for the responsible party to have acted in a way that a reasonable person would not, leading to emotional suffering for the affected individual.