Without wanting to downplay the effects of being told you have cancer, one has to wonder if the doctor or lab should be responsible for whatever an unstable per

Without wanting to downplay the effects of being told you have cancer, one has to wonder if the doctor or lab should be responsible for whatever an unstable person does upon receiving this news. The examples you mention would be just as bad even if the news was true. Not sure if there's any valid logic there on my part. > Even outside of US I can imagine it would be very easy to sue for emotional distress caused Living in the EU, I'm guessing it would have to be REALLY bad for you to be able to take someone to court over this. It would have to be "fake news" that persisted for a pretty long time, not just a phone call or email. Put an innocent person in jail for X years, compensate them for it. Tell a person they're going to jail and tell them the next day that they aren't, that's a different story.