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All Emotional Distress Requires Nied

This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”

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Example wrong choices

  • 21331_naomi_paper_cutter_anxiety · TORTS · Choice AThe anxiety is recoverable only if Naomi witnessed a close family member being injured.

    Why it's attractive

    Naomi is the directly injured person, not a witness to a relative's injury.

    Why it's wrong

    Naomi is the directly injured person, not a witness to a relative's injury.

  • 21331_naomi_paper_cutter_anxiety · TORTS · Choice BThe anxiety is recoverable only if the instructor intended to cause emotional distress.

    Why it's attractive

    The stem says negligent, and the call asks about damages after a physical injury.

    Why it's wrong

    The stem says negligent, and the call asks about damages after a physical injury.

  • 21331_naomi_paper_cutter_anxiety · TORTS · Choice DThe anxiety is automatically barred because emotional distress is never recoverable in negligence.

    Why it's attractive

    The word never overclaims once a physical injury appears.

    Why it's wrong

    The word never overclaims once a physical injury appears.

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