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La Cesión De Derechos En El Código Civil Peruano, Edward Ivan Cueva Jul 2007

La Cesión De Derechos En El Código Civil Peruano, Edward Ivan Cueva

Edward Ivan Cueva

La Cesión de Derechos en el Código Civil Peruano


Algunos Apuntes En Torno A La Prescripción Extintiva Y La Caducidad, Edward Ivan Cueva May 2007

Algunos Apuntes En Torno A La Prescripción Extintiva Y La Caducidad, Edward Ivan Cueva

Edward Ivan Cueva

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Do Defendants Pay What Juries Award? Post-Verdict Haircuts In Texas Medical Malpractice Cases, 1988–2003, David A. Hyman, Bernard Black, Kathryn Zeiler, Charles Silver, William M. Sage Mar 2007

Do Defendants Pay What Juries Award? Post-Verdict Haircuts In Texas Medical Malpractice Cases, 1988–2003, David A. Hyman, Bernard Black, Kathryn Zeiler, Charles Silver, William M. Sage

Faculty Scholarship

Legal scholars, legislators, policy advocates, and the news media frequently use jury verdicts to draw conclusions about the performance of the tort system. However, actual payouts can differ greatly from verdicts. We report evidence on post-verdict payouts from the most comprehensive longitudinal study of matched jury verdicts and payouts. Using data on all insured medical malpractice claims in Texas from 1988–2003 in which the plaintiff received at least $25,000 (in 1988 dollars) following a jury trial, we find that most jury awards received “haircuts.” Seventy-five percent of plaintiffs received a payout less than the adjusted verdict (jury verdict plus prejudgment …


Curing The Bop Plague With Booker: Addressing Inadequate Medical Treatment In The Bureau Of Prisons, 41 J. Marshall L. Rev. 219 (2007), Natalie Hinton Jan 2007

Curing The Bop Plague With Booker: Addressing Inadequate Medical Treatment In The Bureau Of Prisons, 41 J. Marshall L. Rev. 219 (2007), Natalie Hinton

UIC Law Review

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The Fda Preamble: A Backdoor To Federalization Of Prescription Warning Labels?, 41 J. Marshall L. Rev. 161 (2007), Cristina Rodríguez Jan 2007

The Fda Preamble: A Backdoor To Federalization Of Prescription Warning Labels?, 41 J. Marshall L. Rev. 161 (2007), Cristina Rodríguez

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.