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Managed Care, Assisted Suicide And Vulnerable Populations, M. Cathleen Kaveny Jun 1998

Managed Care, Assisted Suicide And Vulnerable Populations, M. Cathleen Kaveny

M. Cathleen Kaveny

No abstract provided.


Workers' Compensation Reform: 180 Days In Massachusetts, Dean Hashimoto, Jane Freedman, James Campbell, Donna Ward Mar 1998

Workers' Compensation Reform: 180 Days In Massachusetts, Dean Hashimoto, Jane Freedman, James Campbell, Donna Ward

Dean M. Hashimoto

No abstract provided.


Note, Identifying And Valuing The Injury In Lost Chance Cases, Todd S. Aagaard Dec 1997

Note, Identifying And Valuing The Injury In Lost Chance Cases, Todd S. Aagaard

Todd S Aagaard

This Note argues that courts commonly fail to identify precisely the injury in lost chance cases and accordingly have failed to measure damages in a way that accurately compensates the plaintiff’s injuries. Lost chance cases are medical malpractice cases in which the injured victim has a preexisting medical condition from which she is unlikely to recover, but the defendant’s negligence has reduced further the victim’s likelihood of recovering. A majority of courts that allow recovery in lost chance cases have adopted a proportional valuation method that values the plaintiff’s damages by multiplying the percentage reduction in the chance of recovery …


Making Advance Directives Meaningful, Norman L. Cantor Dec 1997

Making Advance Directives Meaningful, Norman L. Cantor

Norman Cantor

This article presents a "values profile" to be used together with an advanced medical directive in order to provide precise guidance to surrogate decision makers.