French lawyers seek ‘emotional distress’ compensation for Paris attacks victims

A group of 170 lawyers representing the victims of the November 13, 2015 attacks in Paris have requested their clients receive additional compensation from an insurance fund set up by the French government for the “emotional distress” they suffered.


The attacks, which targeted outdoor cafés, a concert hall and a football stadium in and around the French capital, claimed the lives of a total of 130 people and left hundreds others injured.

In the request, lawyers for the victims argued their clients should receive additional compensation for the “very considerable distress” they suffered on that fateful night, which “shifted in the space of a few seconds from a moment of fun or festivities to a scene of war”.
 (FRANCE 24 with AFP)
 7/11/16
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