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How Reforming The Tort Of Negligent Hiring Can Enhance The Economic Activity Of A State, Be Good For Business And Protect The Victims Of Certain Crimes, Shawn D. Vance
Legislation and Policy Brief
This article will focus on reforming the tort of negligent hiring to limit the liability of employers while also ensuring the compensation of certain victims when the employer fails to meet the requirements of the reformed tort. While the tort is currently recognized by most states, the states that have recognized the tort have different standards for liability and little clarity is provided to employers on how to avoid liability. By creating certainty in the marketplace through a reformed negligent hiring tort, states can encourage business activity from civic-minded businesses while holding businesses, which fail to exhibit good civic behavior, …
Is Statutory Immunity For Spaceflight Operators Good Enough?, Maria-Vittoria “Giugi” Carminati
Is Statutory Immunity For Spaceflight Operators Good Enough?, Maria-Vittoria “Giugi” Carminati
Legislation and Policy Brief
Over the past decade, the commercial spaceflight industry has seen a growth never witnessed before. The likes of Virgin Galactic and Xcor are promising suborbital flights to anyone willing to pay the price. Golden Spike is selling tickets to the moon. And SpaceX was re-supplying the ISS as a commercial provider as of 2012. States have responded to this growth by trying to make themselves more attractive to these commercial providers of space services (hereinafter generally referred to as “spaceflight entities”). Attractiveness has become synonymous with overt efforts to decrease spaceflight entities’ liability from injuries to their spaceflight participants (“SFPs”). …