Anyone care to explain to me emotional damages?

[Milkyway!]

A co-worker of mine was recently sued for 3,000$ due to a wreck caused by my co-worker. She had full coverage insurance thus all medical bills were paid, property damage was taken care of on both sides, etc.

That's the thing, she wasn't sued medical bills, property damage, etc. It was for "emotional" losses on the male (Not even involved in the car wreck might I add!) Apparently because he couldn't perform sexual intercourse for a month or so, thus he sued for "emotional" damages.

How is this even possible?

 

[Tastycles]

The simple answer to that is "because he lives in America". The complex answer is that the quality of his life has been reduced for a period of time, and that was down to her. Shit argument, but a litigious society will find much worse ones.