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minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoSomeone might try to sue over hurt feelings, but there have to be damages. What are your damages from doing a workout while there is a dead body in another part of the building?
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agohttps://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/emotional_distress You could claim costs for therapy, and the costs of having to change to a different gym because you were so traumatized. Heck, if you were unscrupulous, you could claim you now get PTSD about any gym and had to buy a whole brand new home gym.
Someone might try to sue over hurt feelings, but there have to be damages.
What are your damages from doing a workout while there is a dead body in another part of the building?
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/emotional_distress
You could claim costs for therapy, and the costs of having to change to a different gym because you were so traumatized. Heck, if you were unscrupulous, you could claim you now get PTSD about any gym and had to buy a whole brand new home gym.