Download or read book The Determinants of State level Caps on Punitive Damages written by Thomas J. Miceli and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Determinants of the Incidence and Magnitude of Punitive Damages written by Ankita Kochhar and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper investigates the determinants of the incidence and magnitude of punitive damage awards in a nationally representative sample of US State Courts in 2005. I evaluate the impact of the compensatory award, disposition type, claim type, the presence of caps, and permanence of injury on the incidence and magnitude of punitive damages in tort and contract cases. A lack of federal regulation and a wide range of state regulation can be attributed as the primary cause of the large variation in punitive damages. Incidence of punitive damages is consistently high in intentional tort, fraud and employment cases. Juries award higher damages than judges, and are more likely to suffer from hindsight bias when awarding damages ex-ante. Caps provide jurors with an anchor, and may cause a higher incidence and magnitude of punitive damages. Incidence is more predictable than magnitude, which is primarily because jurors can rank behavior based on 'how bad it is', but struggle to put a monetary value while awarding deterrence awards.
Download or read book The Economic Approach to Law Third Edition written by Thomas J. Miceli and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 803 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master teacher Thomas J. Miceli provides an introduction to law and economics that reveals how economic principles can explain the structure of the law and make it more efficient. The third edition of this seminal textbook is thoroughly updated to include recent cases and the latest scholarship, with particular attention paid to torts, contracts, property rights, and the economics of crime. A new chapter organization, ideal for quarter- or semester-long courses, strengthens the book's focus on unifying themes in the field. As Miceli tells a cohesive, analytical "story" about law from a distinctly economic perspective, exercises and problems encourage students to deepen their knowledge. A companion website is available at http://www.sup.org/economiclaw. It offers a full suite of resources for both students and professors. Key pedagogical features include cases; discussion points that provide additional analysis of topics in the book; graduate notes, which enrich the text for more advanced readers; and relevant links. Professors have access to sample syllabi for undergraduate and graduate courses and an instructor's manual, which provides answers to all of the end-of-chapter questions and problems in the book.
Download or read book California Jury Instructions Civil written by California. Superior Court (Los Angeles County). Committee on Standard Jury Instructions, Civil and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Litigation Services Handbook written by Roman L. Weil and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2002-02 with total page 1200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Litigation Services Handbook, Fourth Edition is referred to as the litigation bible. Its nearly 50 chapters read like a who's who in law and accounting. The handbook includes all aspects of litigation services, including current environments, the process itself, a wealth of cases, how to prove damages, and practical considerations of court appearances. The new edition has a heavy focus on fraud investigations and complying with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
Download or read book Punitive Damages Common Law and Civil Law Perspectives written by Helmut Koziol and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the growing literature on the subject of punitive damages, the consensus is that it seems worthwhile and even necessary to discuss, thoroughly and on a comparative basis, the nature, role and suitability of such damages in tort law and private law in general. This book contains reports from selected jurisdictions that explicitly allow the award of punitive damages as well as from jurisdictions which purport (sometimes emphatically) to deny their existence (although a number covertly incorporate such damages into the framework of their tort systems). It benefits from an economic analysis of punitive damages, a report from a private international law perspective, one on their insurability and one on aggravated damages. The book’s comparative report and conclusion critically evaluates the material in the above reports and advances a thorough analysis of the nature of punitive damages, the cases for and against them, and their suitability in the field of tort law. Alternative remedies in private and criminal law are also considered. The publication will appeal to students, academics, practitioners, judges, policy makers and those in the insurance industry.
Download or read book Punitive Damages written by Cass R. Sunstein and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-12-19 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past two decades, the United States has seen a dramatic increase in the number and magnitude of punitive damages verdicts rendered by juries in civil trials. Probably the most extraordinary example is the July 2000 award of $144.8 billion in the Florida class action lawsuit brought against cigarette manufacturers. Or consider two recent verdicts against the auto manufacturer BMW in Alabama. In identical cases, argued in the same court before the same judge, one jury awarded $4 million in punitive damages, while the other awarded no punitive damages at all. In cases involving accidents, civil rights, and the environment, multimillion-dollar punitive awards have been a subject of intense controversy. But how do juries actually make decisions about punitive damages? To find out, the authors-experts in psychology, economics, and the law-present the results of controlled experiments with more than 600 mock juries involving the responses of more than 8,000 jury-eligible citizens. Although juries tended to agree in their moral judgments about the defendant's conduct, they rendered erratic and unpredictable dollar awards. The experiments also showed that instead of moderating juror verdicts, the process of jury deliberation produced a striking "severity shift" toward ever-higher awards. Jurors also tended to ignore instructions from the judges; were influenced by whatever amount the plaintiff happened to request; showed "hindsight bias," believing that what happened should have been foreseen; and penalized corporations that had based their decisions on careful cost-benefit analyses. While judges made many of the same errors, they performed better in some areas, suggesting that judges (or other specialists) may be better equipped than juries to decide punitive damages. Using a wealth of new experimental data, and offering a host of provocative findings, this book documents a wide range of systematic biases in jury behavior. It will be indispensable for anyone interested not only in punitive damages, but also jury behavior, psychology, and how people think about punishment.
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Download or read book Product Liability Desk Reference A Fifty State Compendium 2024 Mid Year Edition written by Daller, Daller and published by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business. This book was released on with total page 1212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Product Liability Desk Reference A Fifty State Compendium 2024 Edition written by Daller, Daller and published by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business. This book was released on with total page 1214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Product Liability Desk Reference A Fifty State Compendium 2019 Edition IL written by Daller and published by Wolters Kluwer. This book was released on 2018-12-17 with total page 1132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the front lines of product liability disputes, successful litigation planning begins with immediate access to the product liability laws of various jurisdictions--plus an understanding of the countless differences among them. That's exactly what you get with the thoroughly up-to-date and expanded edition of Product Liability Desk Reference, 2019 Edition, edited by Morton F. Daller. Whether you represent the plaintiff or defendant, the Product Liability Desk Reference, 2019 Edition is a comprehensive resource that provides the most recent statutory and case law developments on product liability laws for each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia. With coverage that is clear and concise, you will be able to make an initial assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of your case across jurisdictions. Practitioner-oriented, and written by leading state experts, each chapter summarizes the variants and developments particular to a specific state jurisdiction, resulting in a text that will assist you in making critical choices in product liability disputes wherever they arise. You'll find detailed coverage of each state's standards regarding: Causes of action Statutes of limitation and repose Strict liability Negligence Breach of Warranty Punitive damages Wrongful death Pre- and post-judgment interest Employer immunity from suit Joint and severable liability Relevant statutes to product liability actions. Previous Edition: Product Liability Desk Reference: A Fifty State Compendium, 2018 Edition, ISBN 9781454884859¿
Download or read book Hot Topics written by Daniel Starer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1995 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nuts-and-bolts guide to 50 of today's most controversial issues, Hot Topics offers an entertaining, concise, and thoroughly informative overview that uniquely summarizes the most important points and opinions unders "Yes/No" headings on facing pages.
Download or read book Dying for help written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Closing the Gap in a Generation written by WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2008 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social justice is a matter of life and death. It affects the way people live, their consequent chance of illness, and their risk of premature death. We watch in wonder as life expectancy and good health continue to increase in parts of the world and in alarm as they fail to improve in others.
Download or read book Patent Remedies and Complex Products written by C. Bradford Biddle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-27 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a collaboration among twenty legal scholars from North America, Europe and Asia, this book presents an international consensus on the use of patent remedies for complex products such as smartphones, computer networks, and the Internet of Things. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
