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Accrovideogames posted...

Proving is easy, I can have professional health workers such as a psychiatrist or psychologist attest to all the mental damages I would have sustained.

That's not how damages work. You'd need both documentation and expenses related to the alleged harm. Regardless, even then you'd probably need some real precedent or evidence to suggest malice.

Accrovideogames posted...

As for it not having any legal precedent, you're wrong.

See, this is usually where you cite a case or some argument instead of, you know, doing nothing.

Accrovideogames posted...

It's not for nothing that the terms "personal injury", "emotional distress" and "alienation of affection" are in rule books. People have sued others using those very same reasons since time immemorial.

...which need to be tied to an actual incident. If you called somebody a mean name and they had a mental breakdown requiring tens of thousands of hours of expensive counseling, they'd have damages, duress, and documentation associated with the harm yet no court would hear the case on those grounds alone. The fact that you feel you were wronged doesn't magically give you a case even when you have demonstrated damages. However, your claim isn't even going that far. You're just suggesting that you could get a doctor's note and it would entitle you to big beaucoup bucks. I'm not even sure you could find a lawyer to entertain that, let alone a court willing to hear it.

And as for "alienation of affection," that's an argument that might come up in a divorce, not when you're dating. Nor is it something you can sue for within the context. (Then there are some other contexts involving child custody where it doesn't apply at all.)

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