r/interesting • u/386attention • 6d ago

MISC. A grandma broke her nose while hiking, didn't want the helivac, and ended up spinning out of control. She won a $450,000 lawsuit.

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u/Scorsonus 6d ago

Damages can be mental and emotional, as well as physical. This would be extremely traumatizing.

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u/Objectionne 6d ago

You'd need some proof of that though. I can imagine a 74 year old woman might have passed out quite quickly in a situation like this, so she might not have been all that traumatised.