# Bystander Emotional Distress

**IRI:** https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RBxqZs1JzyYftyuWzx1yHib

## Labels

**Translations:**

- de-de: Emotionale Belastung von Zuschauern
- fr-fr: Détresse émotionnelle des témoins
- ja-jp: 傍観者の感情的苦痛
- pt-br: Angústia emocional de espectadores
- zh-cn: 旁观者情感困扰

## Definition

The concept of Bystander Emotional Distress refers to the legal claim that a person who witnesses the harm caused to another person can also suffer emotional distress and can seek compensation for it, under the Infliction of Emotional Distress claim.

## Sub Class Of

- https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/R9IldpgAfUyz3upHKvXdn8y

## Parent Class Of

- https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RDuyHZDRBvSF1vlAJM9Jpix

## See Also

- https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/R9MYE9royNkdydgCkQkCwkN

**Deprecated:** False