At this CLE program on economic and non-economic damages, Dr. Musolino served as a panelist addressing the scientific foundations of emotional distress and dignitary harm. His presentation examined how psychological evidence is evaluated in employment litigation, including issues of credibility assessment, malingering concerns, mitigation behavior, and the demands placed on plaintiffs during deposition and trial.
Dr. Musolino also analyzed the limitations of commonly used defense evaluations, including independent medical examinations and instruments such as the MMPI, highlighting conceptual and methodological risks associated with treating subjective psychological measures as objective indicators. The presentation emphasized the importance of rigorous evidence integration, causal reasoning, and scientifically grounded critique in the assessment of non-economic damages.