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Note, Identifying And Valuing The Injury In Lost Chance Cases, Todd S. Aagaard
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 …
Inexistencia Y Nulidad Desde El Punto De Vista De Los Derechos Italiano, Español Y Peruano, Rómulo Morales
Inexistencia Y Nulidad Desde El Punto De Vista De Los Derechos Italiano, Español Y Peruano, Rómulo Morales
Rómulo Martín Morales Hervias
El tema de análisis comparativo es la inexistencia y la nulidad del negocio jurídico. En Italia se propuso tal distinción para solucionar problemas en el tráfico jurídico. En España, la discusión tiene trascendencia restringida. Y en el Perú, la discusión quedó aparentemente terminada con la idea de la admisión legislativa de la nulidad virtual.