Equal misery, equal money: Groningen’s tenants can finally claim Shell-quake mental-health damages too

Equal misery, equal money: Groningen’s tenants can finally claim Shell-quake mental-health damages too

Groningen’s long-suffering renters, resident kids, and unmarried partners have just been upgraded from second-class victims to full members of the Earthquake Club. The Mining Damage Institute Groningen (IMG) now treats non-homeowners the same as homeowners when awarding compensation for mental anguish caused by the man-made quakes from gas extraction. Or, as IMG itself put it: “The rationale behind this expansion is that non-homeowners can exper…