Hi all,
I have a quick question regarding this. Part of my problem question involves a woman and her child. They were hit by a car at a pedestrian crossing. The child was killed instantly and the woman was unconscious due to massive blood loss. The woman developed psychological trauma as a result of the incident.
Now, obviously the woman is a primary victim and could receive damages for psychiatric injury in relation to trauma suffered as a result of her injuries.
However, my question is whether she could also be considered a secondary victim as she (arguably) witnessed someone else being endangered or harmed (i.e her son).
I only ask because if she is just a primary victim then it seems quite simple and there is already a similar situation in the problem question concerning a primary victim and I believe this has something else to it which I'm missing.