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A's husband and three children met with an accident with the defendant, due to the defendant’s negligence. After seeing her husband and children grievously injured, and hearing the news of one of her children’s death, A suffered nervous and mental shock and went into a state of clinical depression. Can A recover damages from the defendant? 

Option: 1

A cannot recover damages. 


Option: 2

A can recover damages because she suffered a mental shock due to direct actions of the defendant. 


Option: 3

A can recover damages because her husban died. 


Option: 4

None of the above. 


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Mental shock, is the shock to a person’s intellectual or moral sense. Mental shock too can be compensated for in a suit for damages.Therefore, Plaintiff here can recover damages for her nervous shock as well. Hence the correct option is b. 

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