As with other types of personal injury claims, the amount of financial compensation you receive varies widely depending on the facts of your case the the quality of your attorney.
The more severe the emotional distress, and the more extreme the accident, the greater the value of an emotional distress claim. For example, a mother who witnesses her child’s death after he is struck by a drunk driver has a much stronger claim than a person who witnessed their spouse suffer a broken wrist in a low-impact car accident.