mental pain

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Zwerner’s attorneys argued school administrators ignored pleas from staff members to search the boy for a gun and Zwerner sought damages to compensate for her post-traumatic stress disorder and physical and mental pain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Mr Rudakubana said his son had appeared to be in some kind of "mental pain" beforehand.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

“I have learned over time that the mental pain is related to the inability to move.”

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2025

He is seeking compensatory damages for lost wages, earnings, commissions, retirement benefits and other employee benefits as well as general damages for mental pain, emotional distress and loss of earning capacity.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024

The fear of death, however, scarce gave him so much mental pain as his anxiety to know something of the fate of his companions, and his wish that Groot Willem should recover the giraffes.

From The Giraffe Hunters by Reid, Mayne