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Chapter 2 Liability for Accidents
Shavell, Steven - In: Handbook of law and economics : volume 1, (pp. 139-182). 2007
This is a survey of legal liability for accidents. Three general aspects of accident liability are addressed. The first … is the effect of liability on incentives, both whether to engage in activities (for instance, whether to drive) and how …-bearing and insurance, for the liability system acts as an implicit insurer for accident victims and it imposes risk on potential …
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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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Tort Liability and Settlement Failure : Evidence on Litigated Auto Insurance Claims
Asmat, Danial - 2016
liability for bad faith insurance law. Using a repeated cross-sectional dataset of auto insurance claims from the Insurance …
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Liability, insurance and medical practice
Fenn, Paul T.; Gray, Alastair M.; Rickman, Neil - In: Journal of health economics 26 (2007) 5, pp. 1057-1070
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Tort liability and settlement failure : evidence on litigated auto insurance claims
Asmat, Danial; Tennyson, Sharon L. - 2016
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On litigation risk and disclosure complexity : evidence from Canadian firms cross-listed in the US
Gillan, Stuart L.; Panasian, Christine A. - In: The international journal of accounting : TIJA 49 (2014) 4, pp. 426-454
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Predictive Ability of Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance Coverage for Class Action Lawsuit Settlements
Kim, Irene Y. - 2019
The primary conclusion from prior literature is that firm size, as a measure of firm resources and capacity to pay, is a key predictor of class action securities settlement amount, and the merits of the case are less important in settlement negotiations. The purpose of this study is to shed...
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Functions of Directors' and Officers' (D&O) Liability Insurance and Litigation Risk : An Empirical Legal Study of Taiwan
Chen, Chun-Yuan - 2017
This paper empirically analyzes the functions of directors' and officers' (D&O) liability insurance in corporate …
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Settlement of Complex Liability Coverage Disputes
Mayerson, Marc - 2014
Review of substantive legal principles and economic interests of parties to complex insurance dispute that need to be addressed in reaching out-of-court resolution. Also includes detailed discussion of actual deal points that should be addressed
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Curing is caring? : liability reforms, defensive medicine and malpractice litigation in a post-pandemic world
Antoci, Angelo; Fiori Maccioni, Alessandro; Russu, Paolo; … - In: Socio-economic planning sciences : the international … 80 (2022), pp. 1-10
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