Overstreet v. Shoney's, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that damages for pain and suffering in a personal injury case may include a variety of mental and emotional injuries that accompany the physical injury
• holding that damages for pain and suffering in a personal injury case may include a variety of mental and emotional injuries that accompany the physical injury
• concluding that plaintiffs claim for diminished earning capacity was not speculative since she was employed as a registered nurse and had demonstrated ability to advance in the nursing occupation
• stating that a trial court abuses its discretion by, inter alia, “basing its decision on a clearly erroneous assessment of the evidence”
• noting that a student’s career plans are relevant in determining his or her lost earning capacity
• acknowledging that pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life are non-economic damages

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).