British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Burton v. Vancouver/Richmond Health, 2003 BCPC 440 (CanLII):
Further, even if the Claimants are found to have a cause of action in nervous shock, "their claims will have to be established in further proceedings by evidence of actual psychiatric injury." [Devji v. Burnaby (District) at para. 9, emphasis added]
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