Posted on 10/18/2021 5:27:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Los Angeles County is seeking to compel psychiatric evaluations for Kobe Bryant’s widow and others to determine if they truly suffered emotional distress after first responders took and shared graphic photos from the site of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed the basketball star...
Attorneys for Los Angeles County want the court to order Bryant and other family members of the people who were killed in the crash, including children, to undergo psychiatric evaluations as independent medical examinations. The lawyers propose that the evaluations be audio- and video-recorded and last eight hours for adults and four to six hours for children.
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She wants her blood money, dammit!
I have no words. This is.....I just have no words. Well, grotesque comes to mind.
Do you think that would cause distress? It does. I can tell you from personal experience.
She doesn’t exactly need money. If I was on a jury I would side with her.
My Judge was going to make my ex do this also if we were going to trial.
Deputies passing around photos of the dead like baseball cards? That’s vile, should be a firing offense, whether the dead are famous or unknown. It’s astonishing that it wasn’t illegal for the sheriff’s office. It is for EMS.
How about psychiatric examinations of the first responders who thought it was cool to show off pictures of mangled and burned bodies of someone else’s loved ones. I would be enraged and would want justice. It is insulting to Mrs. Bryant require her to be evaluated to gauge her level of grief. If I were her I would submit to an evaluation let loose her full rage and grief at the psychologist and scare them a little.
i has the nightmares... pay me!
How about psychiatric examinations of the first responders who thought it was cool to show off pictures of mangled and burned bodies of someone else’s loved ones.
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Indeed. It’s sickening to think someone would be that ghoulish.
The article says it was first responders and the law making it illegal passed just last year.
Didn’t read the article, did ya. They took pics of dead, mangled bodies of adults and CHILDREN and passed them around.
If only this involved illegals or a “Future Rapper®” L.A.County would just settle.
This is not unusual. Competent defendant’s counsel will always request an examination by a psychiatrist or a psychologist whenever the plaintiff is seeking damages for mental distress. See FRCP Rule 35. The expert will then use information gathered during the exam to offer alternate causes for the plaintiff’s mental issues. That’s just what they do.
Outrageous
The people who does that violated professional norms. Are they suggesting that if they just happened to luck out and victimize somebody that doesn’t get traumatized by it, they shouldn’t have to pay??
"Now, little girl, I'm going to lock you in this booth, alone, for four to six hours with all these glossy, 8x13" color photos of the mangled and burned bodies of your loved ones. You will be under video and audio surveillance the entire time. This is to determine if you have suffered any psychological trauma..."
Regards,
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