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Successive Causes And The Enigma Of Duplicated Harm, David A. Fischer
Successive Causes And The Enigma Of Duplicated Harm, David A. Fischer
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Some of the most intriguing brain teasers in tort law involve the valuation of damages for harm arising from wrongfully inflicted injury to person or property. Consider the following example: A wrongdoer shoots and instantly kills a person in the path of an avalanche that would have killed the person a few seconds later. The person's survivors bring a wrongful death action against the shooter, seeking compensation for the loss of support they would have received from the decedent if she had lived. Should the court require the shooter to pay for loss of support beyond the time that the …
Reducing The Recovery Of Avoidable Seat-Belt Damages: A Cure For The Defects Of Waterson V. General Motors Corporation, Paul A. Lebel
Reducing The Recovery Of Avoidable Seat-Belt Damages: A Cure For The Defects Of Waterson V. General Motors Corporation, Paul A. Lebel
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