AELE LAW LIBRARY OF CASE SUMMARIES:
Civil Liability of Law Enforcement Agencies
& Personnel
Assault and Battery: Emotional Harm
Store owner assaulted by state troopers
during unwarranted arrest awarded $27,256; co-owners who witnessed assault
were not entitled to mental anguish damages Fisher v. Dept of Public Safety,
555 So.2d 626 (La App. 1989).
No liability for alleged emotional and psychological
stress caused bystanders who witnessed arrest Flambeck v. Stone, 662 F.Supp.
298 (N.D.Ill. 1986).