Psychological assessment of postdisaster class action and personal injury litigants: A case study |
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| Authors: | Shirley A. Murphy John P. Keating |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Psychosocial Nursing SC-76, University of Washington, 98195 Seattle, Washington;(2) University of Alaska, P.O. Box 7580, 99775-0500 Fairbanks, Alaska |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: | postdisaster litigation litigant assessment |
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