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فعــــل المضــــرور الموجــــب للمساءلــــة فــي ضــوء دعــــاوى المسئوليــة التقصيريــة: الطبيعــة القانونيــة و الخصائــص العامــة (دراســــة تحليليــــة مقارنــــة), Mousa Ruzaiq, Mashael Alhajeri Jan 2014

فعــــل المضــــرور الموجــــب للمساءلــــة فــي ضــوء دعــــاوى المسئوليــة التقصيريــة: الطبيعــة القانونيــة و الخصائــص العامــة (دراســــة تحليليــــة مقارنــــة), Mousa Ruzaiq, Mashael Alhajeri

Mashael Alhajeri

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Apportioning Liability In Maryland Tort Cases: Time To End Contributory Negligence And Joint And Several Liability, Donald G. Gifford, Christopher J. Robinette Jan 2014

Apportioning Liability In Maryland Tort Cases: Time To End Contributory Negligence And Joint And Several Liability, Donald G. Gifford, Christopher J. Robinette

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The Article presents a comprehensive proposal for assigning liability in tort cases according to the parties’ respective degrees of fault. The authors criticize the Court of Appeals of Maryland’s recent decision in Coleman v. Soccer Association of Columbia declining to abrogate contributory negligence, particularly the court’s notion that it should not act because of the legislature’s repeated failure to do so. The Article provides a comprehensive analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of comparative fault, including its effect on administrative costs, claims frequency, claims severity, insurance premiums, and economic performance. The authors propose the legislative enactment of comparative fault and …


Apportioning Liability In Maryland Tort Cases: Time To End Contributory Negligence And Joint And Several Liability, Christopher Robinette Dec 2013

Apportioning Liability In Maryland Tort Cases: Time To End Contributory Negligence And Joint And Several Liability, Christopher Robinette

Christopher J Robinette

The Article presents a comprehensive proposal for assigning liability in tort cases according to the parties’ respective degrees of fault. The authors criticize the Court of Appeals of Maryland’s recent decision in Coleman v. Soccer Association of Columbia declining to abrogate contributory negligence, particularly the court’s notion that it should not act because of the legislature’s repeated failure to do so. The Article provides a comprehensive analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of comparative fault, including its effect on administrative costs, claims frequency, claims severity, insurance premiums, and economic performance. The authors propose the legislative enactment of comparative fault and …