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Fair Dealing In Personal Injury Cases, Philip J. Hermann Jan 1961

Fair Dealing In Personal Injury Cases, Philip J. Hermann

Cleveland State Law Review

It is submitted that where there is fair dealing on the part of plaintiff's attorney and insurance company, a great deal of needless expense to both will have been eliminated enabling insurance companies to handle their claims and lawsuits with fewer personnel and smaller defense fees. And plaintiff's attorneys on their part, will be able to bring to conclusion more work during the course of a year; and where a staff is required, they will be able to operate with fewer personnel. The result to the plaintiff's attorney will be an increase in net income and perhaps more time for …


Appeasement Of Tort Claimants, S. Burns Weston Jan 1957

Appeasement Of Tort Claimants, S. Burns Weston

Cleveland State Law Review

Justice does not always mean that a case should be tried. By the same token, justice does not always mean that every case should be settled without trial. One of our difficulties is that too often there is more interest in the expedient settlement of differences between litigants than in a judicial determination of rights according to principles of law.


Pre-Trial In The Courts: An Opinion, Aaron Jacobson Jan 1956

Pre-Trial In The Courts: An Opinion, Aaron Jacobson

Cleveland State Law Review

No claim is made, it is true, that pre-trial is the panacea for what ail the courts. But in adopting it, there seems to have been a haste which has bypassed the usual introspective examination characteristic of our judiciary. A critical examination, as seen by this writer, would take the form of two broad questions: One- Is pre-trial, viewed in the overall perspective of the administration of justice, a healthy additive to the courts? Two- If so, is it an end in itself, or is it simply one of a number of modernizing influences, without all of which it remains …