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From the category of "thought you'd heard it all"...  
 
"The country's top court has swatted down a $300,000 damage award to a man who says he became depressed, anxious, obsessive and phobic about flies after finding a dead insect in his bottled water."  
 
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"He never drank any of the water, but said he became obsessed with thoughts of dead flies, couldn't sleep and was constantly on edge - to the point where his business and even his sex life suffered."  
 
Full story:  
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hVgIoLWn6SIHbZpukRncHn6QQUCQ  
 
This overturning basically makes it clear that unless the person responsible for an agent that causes psychological issues actually knew beforehand that there was reasonable potential to cause those issues in a person with "ordinary fortitude", it isn't fair to hold them accountable.