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Non-economic damages in medical malpractice appeals: Does the jurisdiction make a difference?

Amaral-Garcia, Sofia - 2015

This article assesses predictors of payouts and non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases decided by the Spanish Supreme Court from 2006 until 2010. Medical malpractice cases can be judged in administrative or civil courts, and this distinction heavily relies on the type of hospital...

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Politico-Economic Determinants of Tort Reforms in Medical Malpractice

Matter, Ulrich; Stutzer, Alois - 2015

The U.S. tort system has experienced various reforms during the last three decades. While there is a broad literature on the consequences of these reforms, very little is known about their determinants. In this study, we investigate the politico-economic forces that were driving the reform...

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The net effects of medical malpractice tort reform on health insurance losses: The Texas experience

Born, Patricia; Karl, J. Bradley; Viscusi, W. Kip - In: Health Economics Review 7 (2017) 42, pp. 1-16

In this paper, we examine the influence of medical malpractice tort reform on the level of private health insurance company losses incurred. We employ a natural experiment framework centered on a series of tort reform measures enacted in Texas in 2003 that drastically altered the medical...

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Records of medical malpractice litigation: A potential indicator of healthcare quality in China

Wang, Zhan; Li, Niying; Jiang, Mengsi; Dear, Keith; … - 2017

Objective: To assess the characteristics and incidence of medical litigation in China and the potential usefulness of … the records of such litigation as an indicator of healthcare quality. Methods: We investigated 13,620 cases of medical … malpractice litigation that ended between 2010 and 2015 and were reported to China's Supreme Court. We categorized each case …

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How Do Insurers Price Medical Malpractice Insurance?

Black, Bernard; Traczynski, Jeffrey; Udalova, Victoria - 2022

We study the factors that predict medical malpractice ("med mal") insurance premia, using national data from Medical Liability Monitor over 1990 to 2017. A number of core findings are not easily explained by standard economic theory. First, we estimate long run elasticities of premia to...

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Losers and losers: Some demographics of medical malpractice tort reforms

Friedson, Andrew I.; Kniesner, Thomas J. - 2011

Our research examines individual differences in the effects of medical malpractice tort reforms on pre-trial settlement speed and settlement amounts by age and most likely settlement size. Findings of note include that, unlike previously assumed, both absolute and percentage losses from tort...

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Divorce and the Excess Burden of Lawyers

Halla, Martin - 2007

We present a model where divorcing spouses can choose to hire lawyers in their divorce process. Spouses encounter incentives as in the classical prisoners' dilemma: Despite the zero sum nature of the game and the lawyers' fees, each spouse has an incentive to hire a lawyer. We propose a simple...

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Determinants of Patent Litigation in Germany

Cremers, Katrin - 2004

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the determinants of patent litigation in Germany, based on information … analysis show that relatively valuable patents are more likely to be involved in litigation cases than the average patent …. Patents which have survived opposition are more likely to encounter subsequent litigation actions after the granting procedure …

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Do judges react to the probability of appellate review? Empirical evidence from trial court procedures

Berlemann, Michael; Christmann, Robin - 2014

The appellate review system is intended to serve as an efficient remedy for imperfect judicial decision making. However, it can fulfill this task only when appeals are filed solely due to bad verdicts and are ex-ante unpredictable based on factors that are exogenous to the judge. Using data from...

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Litigation and the Timing of Settlement: Evidence from Commercial Disputes

Grajzl, Peter; Zajc, Katarina - 2015

study how the timing of settlement is shaped by the stages and features of the litigation process. Using competing risk …

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