In English law, a nervous shock is a psychiatric / mental illness or injury inflicted upon a person by intentional or negligent actions or omissions of another. Often it is a psychiatric disorder triggered by witnessing an accident, for example an injury caused to one's parents or spouse. Although the term "nervous shock" has been described as "inaccurate" and "misleading",[1] it continues to be applied as a useful abbreviation for a complex concept. The possibility of recovering damages for nervous shock, particularly caused by negligence, is strongly limited in English law.
^per Lord Keith and Lord Oliver, in Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1992] 1 AC 310
In English law, a nervousshock is a psychiatric / mental illness or injury inflicted upon a person by intentional or negligent actions or omissions of...
following the injury, due to loss of nervous control of the diaphragm. Neurogenic shock can result from severe central nervous system damage (brain injury, cervical...
case on liability for nervousshock (psychiatric injury). The case centred upon the liability of the police for the nervousshock suffered in consequence...
apply to Mr Page's case. Therefore, it did not have to be shown that nervousshock or psychiatric injury needed to be a foreseeable consequence of what...
officers and 4% of enlisted men were experiencing "nervous and mental shock". The term "shell shock" was coined during the Battle of Loos to reflect an...
liability in tort, and in particular in relation to the liability for nervousshock or for pure economic loss. The rationale in which the floodgates principle...
Management Unit [2001] 1 NZLR 179 is a cited case in New Zealand regarding nervousshock cases . This case involves relatives of patients that died during surgery...
cattle prods, shock collars, and belts administer an electric shock by direct contact, whereas Tasers fire projectiles that administer the shock through thin...
effect of Downton's false statement to Mrs Wilkinson was a violent shock to her nervous system, causing her to vomit and for her hair to turn white and other...
recognised liability for "nervousshock" in the Byrne (1884) and Bell (1890) cases. In England, the idea that physical/mental shock without impact from an...
Acute stress reaction (ASR, also known as psychological shock, mental shock, or simply shock) and acute stress disorder (ASD) is a psychological response...
Gas Plc [1988] QB 304 is an English tort law case, establishing that nervousshock from witnessing the destruction of personal property may be actionable...
Nervous laughter is laughter provoked from an audience's expression of alarm, embarrassment, discomfort or confusion, rather than amusement. Nervous laughter...
member and a student, alleging "harassment, intentional infliction of nervousshock, negligence, and constructive dismissal". Peterson also filed a lawsuit...
allergic reaction Neurogenic shock, due to a high spinal cord injury disrupting the sympathetic nervous system Hypovolemic shock, resulting from an insufficient...
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a condition caused by bacterial toxins. Symptoms may include fever, rash, skin peeling, and low blood pressure. There may...
the decomposed remains of a snail exit the bottle. Donoghue suffered nervousshock and gastro-enteritis, but did not sue the cafe owner, instead suing...
Septic shock is a potentially fatal medical condition that occurs when sepsis, which is organ injury or damage in response to infection, leads to dangerously...
in the tort of negligence for having suffered gastroenteritis and "nervousshock". Prior to 1861 there existed decisions in English Law allowing provisions...
Hydrostatic shock, also known as Hydro-shock, is the controversial concept that a penetrating projectile (such as a bullet) can produce a pressure wave...
died nearly two hours later. Sadat's death was attributed to "violent nervousshock and internal bleeding in the chest cavity, where the left lung and major...
Neurogenic shock is caused by the loss of vascular tone normally supported by the sympathetic nervous system due to injury to the central nervous system especially...
420 Wilkinson v Downton [1897] 2 Q.B. 57: Intentional infliction of nervousshock Simcoe v. Pethick, 2 Q.B. 55(1898). widely cited as an important precedent...
experiment, in which they had to administer electric shocks to a "learner". These sham or fake electric shocks gradually increased to levels that would have...
later gave birth to a stillborn child, and claimed she had suffered nervousshock, stress, and sustained loss due to Mr Young. In order to succeed in...
Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are a family of proteins produced by cells in response to exposure to stressful conditions. They were first described in relation...
bar. She suffered shock which resulted in a miscarriage, and she sued the defendant. Mr White was held liable for causing nervousshock resulting in miscarriage...