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Abstracts Of Recent Cases, William Walter Smith
Abstracts Of Recent Cases, William Walter Smith
West Virginia Law Review
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Private Insurance As A Solution To The Driver-Guest Dilemm, Harvey R. Friedman
Private Insurance As A Solution To The Driver-Guest Dilemm, Harvey R. Friedman
Michigan Law Review
The duty of the driver of an automobile to his nonpaying passenger, and liability arising from the breach of that duty, has long presented a troublesome area of litigation for the courts and the parties involved. Application of standards unsuited for the peculiar risks of automotive transportation has produced inadequate compensation in some cases and excessive recoveries in others. Meanwhile, trial calendars are overcrowded with personal injury litigation, and insurance companies must bear the awards of sympathetic juries and those resulting from collusion between passenger and driver. The over-all expense of this method of determination of liability, far too little …