In California FEHA settlements, plaintiffs often recover damages for both emotional distress and lost wages—but how are those payments taxed? Employers often compel an allocation in damages between ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert W. Wood is a tax lawyer focusing on taxes and litigation. Some of the line-drawing comes from a footnote in the legislative ...

Sometimes, we behave in ways that can be confusing even to ourselves Struggling to trust others, even in situations where trust is typically expected, can be a telltale sign of emotional damage. This ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, applying California law, has held that without physical injury, emotional distress damages alone are insufficient to establish ...

Imagine you're in the middle of a heated conversation with your partner. You're expressing your frustrations, hoping for a response, a sign that they understand or care about what you're saying. But ...

The NY Court of Appeals refused to overrule a 20-year-old ruling that bars mothers from recovering emotional damages for injuries to their children during birth, citing stare decisis. Dissents argued ...