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Are Federal Exonerees Paid?: Lessons For The Drafting And Interpretation Of Wrongful Conviction Compensation Statutes, Jeffrey S. Gutman
Are Federal Exonerees Paid?: Lessons For The Drafting And Interpretation Of Wrongful Conviction Compensation Statutes, Jeffrey S. Gutman
Cleveland State Law Review
In this third of a series of articles on wrongful conviction compensation statutes, Professor Jeffrey Gutman tackles the first statute attempted to be passed in the United States – the federal wrongful conviction compensation statute. Championed in concept by Edwin Borchard, it was in fact poorly drafted, and recommendations by Attorney General Homer Cummings to improve it were only partly successful. This Article retraces the long legislative history of the statute which is dotted with sloppy language and reasoning, unexplained amendments and an unfortunate focus on who was not to benefit from it, rather than who was. This tangled legislative …
The Market Value Rule Of Damages And The Death Of Irreparable Injury, Patrick Luff
The Market Value Rule Of Damages And The Death Of Irreparable Injury, Patrick Luff
Cleveland State Law Review
A fundamental principle of remedies is that the remedy should be sufficient to place the injured party in the position he would have occupied but for the wrong suffered. But law and equity come to very different conclusions about what remedy is sufficient to restore a plaintiff to his status quo ante when real property, rare property, and property with high sentimental but low market value are involved. Equity treats the loss of these items as irreparable injury, meaning that damages are not adequate to compensate the victim for their loss. But if the real property is seized in eminent …
Reparations For Mexican Braceros - Lessons Learned From Japanese And African American Attempts At Redress , Ronald L. Mize Jr.
Reparations For Mexican Braceros - Lessons Learned From Japanese And African American Attempts At Redress , Ronald L. Mize Jr.
Cleveland State Law Review
The U.S.-Mexico Bracero Program, 1942-1964, was designed originally to be a war-time labor relief measure that brought Mexican laborers to the United States to work in the agricultural and railroad industries. Over the past six years, I have conducted field research in Colorado and California with those who were most directly impacted by the Bracero Program - the formerly contracted Mexican workers. During the summer of 2002, my research was submitted as expert testimony on behalf of Braceros in a class action lawsuit associated with the Bracero savings program. The ten percent deducted from workers' paychecks is, from my research, …
How The Border Crossed Us: Filling The Gap Between Plume V. Seward And The Dispossission Of Mexican Landowners In California After 1848, Kim David Chanbonpin
How The Border Crossed Us: Filling The Gap Between Plume V. Seward And The Dispossission Of Mexican Landowners In California After 1848, Kim David Chanbonpin
Cleveland State Law Review
The goal of this paper is to show how the rule in Plume v. Seward and the actual practice of the Board of Land Commissioners in California at the time are not in synch. In Section II, I provide the historical background to the United States imperialist goal of Manifest Destiny. This section also gives a factual introduction to Plume and the procedure of the Board of Land Commissioners. Section III contrasts the result in Plume with the outcomes in the Board's decisions in factually similar land claims. Section IV analyzes the Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Land Claims Act proposed to Congress …
Mental Hospital Drugging - Atomistic And Structural Remedies, Sheldon Gelman
Mental Hospital Drugging - Atomistic And Structural Remedies, Sheldon Gelman
Cleveland State Law Review
Despite their importance, the discussion of remedies for state hospital drugging has been largely ad hoc and uninformed. This study attempts to fill that gap. It explores four such remedies, attempting to identify the vision of the drug problem that underlies each one; to evaluate that vision and its plausibility; and to determine what the actual effects of imposing the remedy would be. Part I distinguishes between two approaches to remedy-"structural" and "atomistic"-and, as a basis for testing the two, describes a state hospital's handling of the most serious drug side effect. Part II explores a family of atomistic remedies. …
Garnishment - State Vs. Federal Procedures, Timothy M. Flanagan, Lawrence G. Smith
Garnishment - State Vs. Federal Procedures, Timothy M. Flanagan, Lawrence G. Smith
Cleveland State Law Review
Garnishment, a field once limited only by state or local regulation, has recently undergone a series of much-needed but somewhat questionable changes. These changes are not limited to one state alone, but encompass the entire nation. On July 1, 1970, when Title III of the Consumer Credit Protection Act became effective, this field of law came under the coverage of federal restrictions. In attempting to bring the existing Ohio statutes on garnishment into line with the federal restrictions, the Ohio Legislature passed a series of amendments which became effective on September 16, 1970.
Depreciation Damages In Eminent Domain Proceedings, Kevin Duffy
Depreciation Damages In Eminent Domain Proceedings, Kevin Duffy
Cleveland State Law Review
The individual's right in eminent domain proceedings are spelled out by the United States Constitution-specifically, Amendment V, which provides that private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation. Of course, the seeming simplicity of this constitutional provision belies the complexities involved in its application. For example, it is well settled that "just compensation" for a given piece of property must be measured interms of the fair market value of that property. But market values of real estate are apt to fluctuate even under normal conditions, and their behavior when a public acquisition is in the offing …
Punitive Damages Against Shipowners, Arthur E. Miller
Punitive Damages Against Shipowners, Arthur E. Miller
Cleveland State Law Review
Much of our national maritime policy is deep-rooted in the body of American admiralty law. Traditionally, Congress and the courts of admiralty have viewed the merchant seaman as within their protective custody because of the inherent danger of his calling and the unique status of his contract of employment. To encourage shipbuilding and develop the American Merchant Marine, similar protection has been extended to the shipowner by enabling him to limit his financial risks in the event of disaster. Conversely, the concept of punitive damages finds no statutory support in our maritime law and has been so seldom awarded as …
Damages In Wrongful Death Actions, Stanley B. Kent
Damages In Wrongful Death Actions, Stanley B. Kent
Cleveland State Law Review
It is an ancient truth that the tort law is amoral in the sense that the degree of culpability of the defendant, assuming, of course, there is any culpability at all, is not a factor in determining damages. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in wrongful death cases where the jury is admonished to fix damages solely on the basis of the "pecuniary injury" that the survivors suffered as the result of the death.' Although this instruction represents the application to death cases of the compensation theory that is so familiar in ordinary injury cases, it seems almost inhumane in …
The Upward Trend In Personal Injury Verdicts, Louis A. Ginocchio
The Upward Trend In Personal Injury Verdicts, Louis A. Ginocchio
Cleveland State Law Review
In preparing this note, the author has drawn on his personal court room experiences and has attempted to provide some insight into what he feels to be the reasons why jury verdicts in personal injury cases have been, and for the foreseeable future will be, increasing in dollar amounts. Only indirectly will it treat the area of a plaintiff's increased opportunities for a verdict in his favor.
Inadequate Damages In P.I. Actions: Trends In Appellate Decisions, Owen T. Palmer Jr.
Inadequate Damages In P.I. Actions: Trends In Appellate Decisions, Owen T. Palmer Jr.
Cleveland State Law Review
There is no mystery in the language which courts from time immemorial expressed in an attempt to explain when they will interfere with a verdict which has been challenged on the grounds of either excessiveness or inadequacy. Lip service is given to the rule that the size of the verdict alone is not the criteria for interference with the verdict of a jury. The usual language is that excessiveness or inadequacy, to warrant interference, must evince or carry an implication of passion or prejudice, corruption, partiality, improper influences, or the like. An analysis of the decisions, however, justifies "the conclusion …
Expanding Employees' Remedies And Third Party Actions, Robert L. Millender
Expanding Employees' Remedies And Third Party Actions, Robert L. Millender
Cleveland State Law Review
The title of this article is perhaps somewhat misleading. Do third party actions expand employees remedies? Such actions arise out of provisions of our state and federal workmen's compensation laws granting an employer or his insurer the right to sue any person or persons who cause the injury to his employee. Also, third party actions arise under statutes granting the injured employee the right to sue the tort-feasor without loss of recourse against the employer. Third party actions do constitute an expanding remedy for the employer and his insurer; it is generally conceded that without a statutory provision the right …
Trends In Damage Awards For Spinal Injuries, Vivian Solganik
Trends In Damage Awards For Spinal Injuries, Vivian Solganik
Cleveland State Law Review
This survey covers the years of 1965, 1966 and 1967. Cases have been grouped into injuries to vertebrae, injuries to intervertebral discs, aggravation of pre-existing injuries, and other spinal injuries, and then subdivided by year. The discussion is limited to injuries of the thoracic,lumbar and pelvic (sacrum and coccyx) segments and of the spinal cord. Cases dealing with injuries of muscles, tendons, and ligaments, including sprains and strains, have not been included.
Some Bases For Remittitur In Personal Injury Cases, Robert Saxer
Some Bases For Remittitur In Personal Injury Cases, Robert Saxer
Cleveland State Law Review
In reviewing an award various factors before it can determine whether the award is so excessive that remittitur should be granted or a new trial ordered. Remittitur is justified when the award is based on computation errors, oversight or consideration of an improper element, or when, in view of the evidence, the judgment is excessive enough to indicate prejudice, passion, partiality or corruption on the part of the jury.
Payment Of Punitive Damages By Insurance Companies, Martin G. Lentz
Payment Of Punitive Damages By Insurance Companies, Martin G. Lentz
Cleveland State Law Review
The logic and validity of the public policy argument that to require insurance companies to pay punitive damages would place a burden upon the innocent insurance carrier, and ultimately the public itself, is weak and indefensible. The concern for not wanting to punish the insurance carrier, an innocent party, is not logical since any insurance company is an innocent party. The involvement is based on the contractual relationship of indemnification. If an insurance company does not wish to indemnify for punitive damages, then it should specifically exclude such coverage in the policy. In the absence of such a specific exclusion, …
Damages For Injury To Feelings In Malicious Prosecution And Abuse Of Process, A. M. Witte
Damages For Injury To Feelings In Malicious Prosecution And Abuse Of Process, A. M. Witte
Cleveland State Law Review
The burden of this paper is the extent to which a plaintiff in a malicious prosecution action will be permitted to recover damages for the injury he has suffered to his feelings. Simply stated, there is no serious legal question presented by this broad topic. In a malicious prosecution action based on criminal proceedings the plaintiff may recover damages for his mental suffering (and for the harm to his reputation) and the great majority of jurisdictions permit these damages to be recovered without special pleading or proof-i.e., these elements are considered to be general damages.
Damages For Mental Suffering In Discrimination Cases, John E. Duda
Damages For Mental Suffering In Discrimination Cases, John E. Duda
Cleveland State Law Review
This article explores the legal basis for an award of damages for mental suffering caused by unlawful racial discrimination. It necessarily includes religious and nationality discrimination,since these three areas are intertwined in the law. For the most part, the legal principles are applicable alike to all three forms of discrimination. Mental suffering is treated as an element of compensatory damages on the theory that the purpose of such an award is to compensate the claimant for his loss and not necessarily to penalize the discriminator. Punishment enters the analysis only to the extent that the prevailing legal rules governing damage …
Mental Suffering As An Element Of Damages In Defamation Cases, Jack G. Day
Mental Suffering As An Element Of Damages In Defamation Cases, Jack G. Day
Cleveland State Law Review
To insure the focus of theme it is assumed for present purposes that the hurdles of proof and proximate cause in an actionable defamation have been cleared and that there is no concern with any other issues that may arise, offensively or defensively, in a defamation action beyond the propriety, or impropriety, of proving mental suffering as an element of compensable damage. Stated another way, the crux of the matter is whether mental anguish is, can, or ought to be classified as special damage in defamation actions. Punitive damages are, of course, an element of no relevance here except in …
Damages For Emotional Distress In Ohio, James G. Young
Damages For Emotional Distress In Ohio, James G. Young
Cleveland State Law Review
A review of Ohio cases reveals that Ohio law declares there cannot be recovery for mental distress unless it is accompanied by contemporaneous physical injury (i.e., contact), or unless the act was wilful, wanton or intentional. No Ohio cases were found where recovery for purely mental suffering, caused negligently, in and of itself was permitted.
Municipal Liability For Exemplary Damages, David H. Hines
Municipal Liability For Exemplary Damages, David H. Hines
Cleveland State Law Review
Although the law is not altogether free from doubt on the subject of municipal liability for exemplary damages, it is a settled principle that exemplary damages may not be recovered against a municipal corporation, nor a state, in the absence of statutory authority.
Damages In Fraud Actions, Howard M. Rossen, Howard H. Fairweather
Damages In Fraud Actions, Howard M. Rossen, Howard H. Fairweather
Cleveland State Law Review
Two distinct legal theories have been developed in determining the amount of damages to be awarded in an action for fraud and deceit. The majority view is the "benefit-of-the-bargain" rule (also known as the "warranty rule"), and the minority view is known as the "tort rule" (or more commonly, the "out-of-pocket" rule). Both rules have limited use. In Hines v. Brode the California court made it clear that the two rules should be applied only where a contract is fully executed or where the plaintiff stands on his contract and has not rescinded it. The rationale behind this holding is …
Botta V. Brunner - A Restraint Upon Advocacy, Craig Spangenberg
Botta V. Brunner - A Restraint Upon Advocacy, Craig Spangenberg
Cleveland State Law Review
No single decision in recent years has had wider repercussions nor greater impact upon trial advocacy than the decision in Botta v. Brunner. It is probable that within the next few years every state jurisdiction will review the philosophy of the Botta case, and come to a conclusion that will control the method of final argument, in each state, on all the intangible elements of damages.
Damages For Potential Residuals Of Brain Injuries, Jerry B. Kraig, Henry A. Hentemann
Damages For Potential Residuals Of Brain Injuries, Jerry B. Kraig, Henry A. Hentemann
Cleveland State Law Review
The seriousness of damage to the head and resultant impairment of the body functions has been given proper cognizance as evidenced by substantial jury awards. Injury to the brain, however, may not only result in immediate damage to the body function but may result in damage that will be experienced at a remote future time.
Book Review, William K. Gardner
Book Review, William K. Gardner
Cleveland State Law Review
Reviewing Howard L. Oleck, Cases on Damages, Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1962
Recent Heart Injury Awards, James A. Thomas
Recent Heart Injury Awards, James A. Thomas
Cleveland State Law Review
This survey presents a collection of reported damage awards since the year 1950 for heart injury not resulting in death. Assuming proof of injury and liability, the statement of the case is limited to the amount of damages and elements of the injury relied upon to justify the court's decision. The survey is preceded by a brief treatment of recent trends in appellate court reviews of heart injury damage awards and a short summary of pre-existing heart condition problems.
Per Diem Argument Of Pain And Suffering Damages, Doris Hauth
Per Diem Argument Of Pain And Suffering Damages, Doris Hauth
Cleveland State Law Review
It is obvious that pain and suffering are inherent elements in almost any bodily injury, but the problem facing plaintiff's counsel is to bring to the realization of the jury its extent in a particular case. At trial various types of demonstrative evidence are used to effect this end. In recent years attorneys have used the "mathematical formula" (or "per diem") technique in their final arguments to the jury as another means of obtaining "adequate" personal injury awards.
Recent Burn Damage Awards, Frederick F. Waugh
Recent Burn Damage Awards, Frederick F. Waugh
Cleveland State Law Review
In ascertaining damages for thermal injuries, the usual elements present in other types of personal injuries must be considered, such as loss of wages, medical expenses, pain and suffering, loss of future earnings, loss of consortium, etc. Presentation of the evidence to the jury is a paramount factor, which can make every difference in the award granted. Photographs, expert testimony, and the display of the evidence on the victim's body, such as scars, discolorations, lesions and physical impairment, can be used in a dramatic manner.
Recent Spine Damage Awards, Sheldon E. Baskin
Recent Spine Damage Awards, Sheldon E. Baskin
Cleveland State Law Review
Spinal injuries generally include trauma to the vertebrae, the intervertebral discs and the ligaments which serve to hold the spinal column together. For the purpose of avoiding duplication this paper will confine itself to the subjects of fractures and dislocations of the vertebrae, injuries to the discs and direct injuries to the spinal cord, excluding discussion of soft tissue back injuries and injuries of the cervical or neck area generally referred to as whiplash injuries.
Recent Leg Damage Awards, Doris Hauth
Recent Leg Damage Awards, Doris Hauth
Cleveland State Law Review
Injuries to the leg include fractures of the various bones of the leg (tibia, femur and fibula), fractures of the foot, ankle, knee or hip, and amputation of one, both, or a part of the leg. This article includes a digest of cases arising in the last five years involving leg injuries. The facts in each case are briefly stated and the damage award specified.
Recent Head Damage Awards, Eileen Kelley
Recent Head Damage Awards, Eileen Kelley
Cleveland State Law Review
Head trauma is responsible for more litigation than any other single bodily mechanical damage. Belli ranks brain injuries second only to the back and spine in producing permanent and crippling disabilities.