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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
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, Christopher Robinette
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 …