Sullivan v. Boston Gas Co.

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• listing symptoms such as “severe headaches, occasional suicidal thoughts, sleep disorders, reduced libido, fatigue, stomach pains, and loss of appetite [as] sufficient physical symptoms of emotional injury to send a case to trial”
• \We have . . . construed the words 'bodily injury' in an insurance policy to exclude the coverage of mental pain . . .\
• plaintiffs able to overcome summary judgment where they presented affidavits from medical personnel showing that they suffered from such symptoms as posttraumatic stress disorder, tension headaches, sleeplessness, gastrointestinal distress, nightmares and depression
• “A successful negligent infliction of emotional distress claim . . . must do more than allege ‘mere upset, dismay, humiliation, grief and anger.’” (quoting Corso v. Merrill, 119 N.H. 647, 653 (1979))
• “[P]laintiffs must corroborate their mental distress claims with enough objective evidence of harm to convince a judge that their claims present a sufficient likelihood of genuineness to go to trial. Expert medical testimony may be needed to make this showing.”
• “In order to satisfy Payton, plaintiffs must provide an objective corroboration of the emotional distress alleged. A successful negligent infliction of emotional distress claim, in other words, must do more than allege mere upset, dismay, humiliation, grief and anger.”

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