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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Murphy, S.A., Keating, J.P. Psychological assessment of postdisaster class action and personal injury litigants: A case study. J Trauma Stress 8, 473–482 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02102971
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