ABSTRACT
On 19th June 1990, 16 test cases of PTSD secondary trauma, involving Hillsborough families reached the High Court (see Jones v Wright (1990)). Of these, four attended the match and witnessed events and had relatives in the Leppings Lane pens; one was outside the ground, watched events on TV on a coach, and several hours later identified the body of his brother-in-law at the temporary mortuary; nine witnessed the events on TV with loved ones at the match; one heard the news on the radio and later saw recorded highlights on TV; one heard the news two hours later then saw recorded TV at 10.00pm on the day of the disaster. A total of 150 other claims awaited the outcome of these 16 test cases.
