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including symptoms such as insomnia, headaches, and stomach
disorders, is not considered a physical injury or physical
sickness, except that an exclusion may be allowed to the amount
paid for medical care attributable to the emotional distress).
See generally Black's Law Dictionary 542 (7th ed. 1999)
(“emotional distress” denotes “A highly unpleasant mental
reaction (such as anguish, grief, fright, humiliation, or fury)
that results from another person’s conduct; emotional pain and
suffering.”). Petitioners have not asserted that they paid for
any medical care attributable to emotional distress, so as to
come within the just-referenced exception, and the record does
not establish that any such payments were in fact made.
All arguments made by petitioners for a holding contrary to
that expressed herein have been considered, and we reject those
arguments not discussed herein as irrelevant or without merit.
Decision will be entered
for respondent.
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