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1980

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Sex Discrimination In Coaching, R. Lawrence Dessem Jan 1980

Sex Discrimination In Coaching, R. Lawrence Dessem

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This article will attempt to provide a legal framework for analysis of this not uncommon payment of lower salaries or stipends to the teacher-coaches (both male and female) of girls' athletics than to the teacher-coaches of comparable or identical boys' sports.


State Medical Malpractice Screening Panels In Federal Diversity Actions, Vincent C. Alexander Jan 1980

State Medical Malpractice Screening Panels In Federal Diversity Actions, Vincent C. Alexander

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During the early 1970's, a medical malpractice crisis was perceived in the United States. An increasing number of costly and time-consuming lawsuits alleging medical malpractice against doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers caused malpractice insurers to raise premiums substantially, which in turn threatened to curtail the availability of adequate health care at reasonable cost. State legislatures responded to the crisis with a variety of substantive and procedural measures intended to reduce the number of litigated claims and the size of jury awards. One of the principal steps taken in a majority of states was the creation of extrajudicial panels …