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Toward A Tax-Based Explanation Of The Liability Insurance Crisis, Kyle D. Logue Sep 1996

Toward A Tax-Based Explanation Of The Liability Insurance Crisis, Kyle D. Logue

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The so-called liability insurance crisis of 1985 and 1986 transformed the way we think about tort law and about liability insurance markets. The crisis phenomena, which first appeared in late 1984 and lasted until mid-1986, consisted of enormous increases in liability insurance premiums and alarming reductions in the availability of certain types of liability coverage. In the two principal liability lines of insurance (Other Liability and Medical Malpractice), premiums increased by hundreds (in some cases thousands) of percentage points in a matter of months. At the same time, the availability of liability insurance contracted sharply. The liability policies that were …


Torts: Anderson V. Eichner--Although Faculty Physicians, Resident Physicians, And Interns Face Private Tort Liability For Medical Malpractice, The State Is Immune, Christa L. Britton Jan 1996

Torts: Anderson V. Eichner--Although Faculty Physicians, Resident Physicians, And Interns Face Private Tort Liability For Medical Malpractice, The State Is Immune, Christa L. Britton

Oklahoma Law Review

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