Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert W. Wood is a tax lawyer focusing on taxes and litigation. Some of the line-drawing comes from a footnote in the legislative ...

The j case allows family members to recover emotional damages only if they witness serious injury or death caused by ...

You are not broken you’re just carrying more than your share. For adults navigating the heavy terrain of emotional trauma or chronic self-doubt, this truth can feel both comforting and daunting.

The Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire burn scar viewed from the Hermits Peak summit in May 2023. After a judge reaffirmed his earlier ruling ordering FEMA to pay fire victims "noneconomic" damages, the ...

Sometimes, we behave in ways that can be confusing even to ourselves Struggling to trust others, even in situations where trust is typically expected, can be a telltale sign of emotional damage. This ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert W. Wood is a tax lawyer focusing on taxes and litigation. Some of the line-drawing comes from a footnote in the legislative ...

The NY Court of Appeals refused to overrule a 20-year-old ruling that bars mothers from recovering emotional damages for injuries to their children during birth, citing stare decisis. Dissents argued ...

We’ve all got a bit of baggage, but you might be hauling around more emotional damage than you even realise. That’s because it doesn’t always seem all that obvious. Instead, it rears its head in small ...

SEOUL — It’s been a season of legal woes for former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. His short-lived declaration of martial law on Dec. 3 first landed him in front of the Constitutional Court — ...

Children, whether they are 6 or 16, are deeply affected by the words spoken around them. Hearing a parent, relative, or trusted adult dismiss their feelings with phrases like, "He didn’t mean it like ...