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Structured Settlements And Structured Judgements: Do They Work And Do We Want Them?, Leanne Todd
Structured Settlements And Structured Judgements: Do They Work And Do We Want Them?, Leanne Todd
Dalhousie Law Journal
Structured settlements are an alternative to traditional lump sum settlements for personal and fatal injuries claims. Under a structured settlement the defendant, generally a casualty insurer, satisfies all or part of the claim via periodic payments to the plaintiff.
Using Statistical Techniques To Predict Non-Pecuniary Damage Awards In Personal Injury Cases, Jack Effron, John Forster
Using Statistical Techniques To Predict Non-Pecuniary Damage Awards In Personal Injury Cases, Jack Effron, John Forster
Dalhousie Law Journal
The real issue in personal injury cases is often damages. Our concepts and law relating to negligence and other aspects of personal injury are sufficiently developed that parties can often agree upon who is at fault. Yet damages law, for all the cases and principles which have been decided, remains the least intelligible and thus the least predictable for parties and their counsel. When parties have to go to trial in a personal injury case, it is often primarily to decide who should pay what.