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the ledger, malpractice liability leads to modest reductions in patient mortality; the value of these more than likely …Policymakers and the public are concerned about the role of medical malpractice liability in the rising cost of medical … care. We use variation in the generosity of local juries to identify the causal impact of malpractice liability on medical …
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Punitive damages have long been viewed as taxable by the IRS, and that view was enshrined in 1996 with a U.S. Supreme Court case and a statutory change to section 104. Yet there remains a narrow exception from this treatment that exempts limited damages for wrongful death. Wood explores this...
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In wrongful death cases, forensic economists consider personal consumption costs of a decedent when determining economic damages. Many previous consumption studies have ignored savings as delayed consumption in their figures. As a result, the economist’s deductions for a decedent’s...
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. Mortality from all causes during the pandemic was elevated 26 percent for working-age adults (18-64), as compared to 18 percent …
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