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The Sailors Who Survived the Capsizing of the Aleutian Enterprise

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The sailors who survived the capsizing of the Aleutian Enterprise filed a lawsuit against the company that owned the ship. They claimed that they suffered psychological harm (e.g., posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD]) as a result of this event. What was the outcome of this case?


A) The court did not compensate them because they were not hurt physically.
B) They were compensated for their psychological injuries because they had been in the "zone of danger."
C) The court did not compensate them because they were not close enough to the "zone of danger" to be eligible for compensation.
D) They were compensated because PTSD was diagnosed in all of the sailors by experts hired by both sides.

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