Journalists bear witness to human suffering, often at great cost—while at the same time navigating institutional betrayal, ...

The terms refer to different types of stress. Eustress feels challenging but manageable and leads to growth, while distress is difficult and has a negative impact. However, the effect will largely ...

In employment discrimination cases, perhaps the most obvious form of damages is lost pay if the employee is forced to leave the company. But an equally, and in some cases more impactful, remedy is ...

Many state legislators apparently believe that the problem facing the state’s officially distressed cities is that they are called distressed cities. The House voted Tuesday to amend Act 47, the ...

Update (May 2, 9:05 a.m.): This article has been expanded with additional analysis. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Thursday against a plaintiff seeking emotional distress damages for violation of ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 6-3 that damages for emotional distress are not available in key federal civil rights statutes barring race, sex, and disability discrimination, including in K ...

The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled "medical malpractice claims" is broad enough to include a mother's emotional distress damages during an allegedly traumatic birth caused by health care ...

Many state Pennsylvania legislators apparently believe that the problem facing the state’s officially distressed cities is that they are called distressed cities. The House of Representatives voted ...