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Full-Text Articles in Law
Capping Incentives, Capping Innovation, Courting Disaster: The Gulf Oil Spill And Arbitrary Limits On Civil Liability, Andrew Popper
Capping Incentives, Capping Innovation, Courting Disaster: The Gulf Oil Spill And Arbitrary Limits On Civil Liability, Andrew Popper
Andrew Popper
Abstract: Limiting liability by establishing an arbitrary cap on civil damages is bad public policy. Caps are antithetical to the interests of consumers and at odds with the national interest in creating incentives for better and safer products. Whether the caps are on non-economic loss, punitive damages, or set for specific activity, they undermine the civil justice system, deceiving juries and denying just and reasonable compensation for victims in a broad range of fields. This paper postulates that capped liability on damages for offshore oil spills may well have been an instrumental factor contributing to the recent Deepwater Horizon catastrophe …
Three Milestones In The History Of Privacy In The United States, Vernon Valentine Palmer
Three Milestones In The History Of Privacy In The United States, Vernon Valentine Palmer
Vernon Palmer
Over the course of more than 120 years the right of privacy has somehow acquired, absorbed and incorporated various tangential interests such as the right to control use of one’s name, one’s image, one’s writings, one’s life story, and even the right to exploit one’s own publicity value. Obviously those who seek to capitalize upon the publicity value of their name or talent are not in fact seeking privacy in the usual sense of the word, and yet American tort law protects the publicity right either in the name of privacy or describes it as a related offshoot. Somewhat more …
Accountable Care Organizations: The Clash Of Liability Standards With Cost Cutting Goals”, Christopher R. Smith
Accountable Care Organizations: The Clash Of Liability Standards With Cost Cutting Goals”, Christopher R. Smith
Christopher R Smith
This article seeks to examine the conflict between non-cost conscious medical malpractice liability standards and health care cost cutting measures within the context of Accountable Care Organizations (“ACOs”) under the new health care reform law. The article begins by providing an overview of the high level of health care spending within the United States health care system in order to provide a context for better understanding policymakers’ push for cost cutting measures, including ACOs. The article then examines the tension between cost containment efforts and provider medical liability standards through an examination of the “stuck in the middle” mentality that …
Attorney Deceit Statutes: Promoting Professionalism Through Criminal Prosecutions And Treble Damages, Alex B. Long
Attorney Deceit Statutes: Promoting Professionalism Through Criminal Prosecutions And Treble Damages, Alex B. Long
Scholarly Works
Unbeknownst to many lawyers, numerous jurisdictions - including New York and California - have statutes on the books that single out lawyers who engage in deceit or collusion. In nearly all of these jurisdictions, a lawyer found to have engaged in deceit or collusion faces criminal penalties and/or civil liability in the form of treble damages. Until recently, these attorney deceit statutes have languished in obscurity and, through a series of restrictive readings of the statutory language, have been rendered somewhat irrelevant. However, in 2009, the New York Court of Appeals breathed new life into New York’s attorney deceit statute …
Strategic Enforcement, Alex Stein, Margaret H. Lemos
Strategic Enforcement, Alex Stein, Margaret H. Lemos
Alex Stein
Doctrine and scholarship recognize two basic models of enforcing the law: the comprehensive model, under which law-enforcers try to apprehend and punish every violator within the bounds of feasibility; and the randomized model, under which law enforcers economize their efforts by apprehending a small number of violators and heightening their penalties so as to make violations unattractive. This Article supplements this list of options by developing a strategic model of law enforcement. Under this model, law enforcers concentrate their effort on the worst, or most rampant, violators at a given point in time while leaving all others unpunished. This enforcement …
Disputes Related To Healthcare Across National Boundaries: The Potential For Arbitration, Deth Sao
Disputes Related To Healthcare Across National Boundaries: The Potential For Arbitration, Deth Sao
Deth Sao
Trade in international health services has the potential to play a leading role in the global economy, but its rapid growth is impeded by legal barriers. Advances in technology and cross-border movement of people and health services create legal ambiguities and uncertainties for businesses and consumers involved in transnational medical malpractice disputes. Existing legal protections and remedies afforded by traditional judicial frameworks are unable to resolve the following challenges: (1) assertion of personal jurisdiction; (2) choice of forum and law considerations; (3) appropriate theories of liability for injuries and damages arising from innovations in medical care and delivery of health …
Torts, Frederick J. Moreau
Torts, Frederick J. Moreau
Snyder V. Phelps & The Supreme Court's Speech-Tort Jurisprudence: A Prediction, Deana Ann Pollard Sacks
Snyder V. Phelps & The Supreme Court's Speech-Tort Jurisprudence: A Prediction, Deana Ann Pollard Sacks
Deana A Pollard
In Snyder v. Phelps, members of the Westboro Baptist Church targeted a young marine’s untimely death to exemplify their hate-filled message to the world that “God Hates Fags” and retaliates against America for tolerating homosexuality by killing American soldiers. A jury awarded the marine’s father $10.9 million for invasion of privacy and emotional distress after the church members disseminated extremely hateful and personalized attacks against the fallen marine’s family. The Supreme Court is reviewing the case to determine whether civil liability based on invasive, hate-filled, injurious speech violates the First Amendment. In New York Times v. Sullivan, the Supreme Court …
Understanding The Medical Record In Shoulder Dystocia Cases. Why These Cases Sometimes Should Have A No-Fault Recovery, Paul A. Race
Understanding The Medical Record In Shoulder Dystocia Cases. Why These Cases Sometimes Should Have A No-Fault Recovery, Paul A. Race
Paul A Race
Shoulder dystocia is one of the most common causes of litigation in Obstetrics and Gynecology. The most common serious complication from shoulder dystocia is brachial plexus injury although death of the baby can also occur. Brachial plexus injuries lead to paralysis of the arm of the neonate. While most of the injuries eventually resolve, a small percentage will remain permanent. This article explores the areas of litigation involved with brachial plexus injuries. It discusses what the attorney should look for in the medical record. It reviews the standard of care both pre-labor and post-labor. It also looks at the controversial …
Harry Potter And The Trouble With Tort Theory, Scott Hershovitz
Harry Potter And The Trouble With Tort Theory, Scott Hershovitz
Law & Economics Working Papers
Economists argue that tort law promotes an efficient allocation of resources to safety, while philosophers contend that it dispenses corrective justice. Despite the divide, the leading tort theories share something in common: They are grounded in an unduly narrow view of tort. Both economists and philosophers confuse the institution of tort law with the rules that are distinctive of it. They offer theories of tort’s substantive rules, but for the most part ignore the procedures by which those rules are implemented. As a consequence, both miss and misconstrue much about tort law.
The problem is particularly acute for economists. They …
La Responsabilità Della Società Di Revisione, Valerio Sangiovanni
La Responsabilità Della Società Di Revisione, Valerio Sangiovanni
Valerio Sangiovanni
No abstract provided.
The Civil Action For Breach Of Statutory Duty In The Common Law World, Neil J. Foster
The Civil Action For Breach Of Statutory Duty In The Common Law World, Neil J. Foster
Neil J Foster
The tort action for Breach of Statutory Duty provides an intersection between the goals of private law and ‘public’ goals as determined by legislation. But the question as to when, in what circumstances, and why, a civil action should be available to a claimant whose statutory rights have been breached continues to be agitated. This paper argues that the tort, far from deserving the accusations of incoherence and unpredictability sometimes levelled at it in the common law world, has a respectable and coherent history and justification within the common law of torts. There are reasons for doubting whether it should …
Taxing Punitive Damages, Gregg D. Polsky, Dan Markel
Taxing Punitive Damages, Gregg D. Polsky, Dan Markel
Scholarly Works
There is a curious anomaly in the law of punitive damages. Jurors assess punitive damages in the amount that they believe will best “punish” the defendant. But, in fact, defendants are not always punished to the degree that the jury intends. Under the Internal Revenue Code, punitive damages paid by business defendants are tax deductible and, as a result, these defendants often pay (in real dollars) far less than the jury believes they deserve to pay.
To solve this problem of under-punishment, many scholars and policymakers, including President Obama, have proposed making punitive damages nondeductible in all cases. In our …
Survey: Woman And California Law, Amy C. Hirschkron, Michele M. Feher, Te Jung Chang
Survey: Woman And California Law, Amy C. Hirschkron, Michele M. Feher, Te Jung Chang
Golden Gate University Law Review
This survey of California, a regular feature of the Women's Law Forum, summarizes recent California Supreme Court and Court of Appeal decisions of special importance to women. A brief analysis of the issues pertinent to women raised in each case is provided.
Climate Change And The Public Law Model Of Torts: Reinvigorating Judicial Restraint Doctrines, Donald G. Gifford
Climate Change And The Public Law Model Of Torts: Reinvigorating Judicial Restraint Doctrines, Donald G. Gifford
Donald G Gifford
The Article traces the origins of climate change litigation back to earlier forms of “public interest tort litigation,” including government actions against the manufacturers of cigarettes, handguns and lead pigment. Public interest tort litigation is different in kind from traditional tort actions, even asbestos and other mass products litigation. These new lawsuits address society-wide or even worldwide problems and seek judicially imposed regulatory regimes. As such, they more closely resemble civil rights litigation and what Abram Chayes deemed “the public law model” than they do earlier tort actions. I conclude that the public law model of tort litigation is the …
Tort Remedies For Incestuous Abuse, Margaret J. Allen
Tort Remedies For Incestuous Abuse, Margaret J. Allen
Golden Gate University Law Review
This Comment explores the problem of incestuous abuse between father and daughter, traditional tort theories available to the incest victim/survivor, defenses fathers might raise, and the availability of punitive damages to the incest victim/survivor.
An Ethical Rabbit Hole: Model Rule 4.4, Intentional Interference With Former Employee Non-Disclosure Agreements And The Threat Of Disqualification, Maura I. Strassberg
An Ethical Rabbit Hole: Model Rule 4.4, Intentional Interference With Former Employee Non-Disclosure Agreements And The Threat Of Disqualification, Maura I. Strassberg
Maura I Strassberg
ABSTRACT The Model Rule 4.4 prohibition on the use of methods of obtaining evidence that violate the rights of third parties can be read to prohibit the informal questioning of a former employee with a non-disclosure agreement to advance a proposed or pending lawsuit, as this may constitute the tort of intentional interference with contract. The use of non-disclosure agreements is proliferating and, although actual tort liability in this context has hardly ever been litigated, it is easy to strategically use this tort to allege an ethical violation that can be the basis of a disqualification motion. The threat of …
Survey: Women And California Law, Michele Modena-Kurpinsky
Survey: Women And California Law, Michele Modena-Kurpinsky
Golden Gate University Law Review
This survey of California case law and legislation is a regular feature of the Women's Law Forum. The survey summarizes recent California Supreme Court decisions, courts of appeal decisions, and new legislation which are of special importance to women. The focus of the survey is on presenting issues most pertinent to women, rather than on analyzing all issues raised in each case or bill. The survey period for cases in this issue is March 1, 1981 through February 28, 1982. Summaries of significant legislation enacted between October 1, 1980 and December 31, 1981 are also included.
Lessons In Price Stability From The U.S. Real Estate Market Collapse, Andrea J. Boyack
Lessons In Price Stability From The U.S. Real Estate Market Collapse, Andrea J. Boyack
Andrea J Boyack
The U.S. residential housing market collapse illustrates the consequences of ignoring risk while funding mortgage borrowing. Collateral over-valuation was a foundational piece of the crisis. Over the past few decades, secondary markets, securitization, policy and psychology increased the flow of funds into real estate. At the same time, financial market segmentation divorced risk from reward. Increased mortgage capital availability, unmitigated by proper risk allocation, led to real estate price inflation. Social trends and government policies exacerbated both the mortgage capital over-supply and the risk-valuation disconnect.
The Dodd-Frank Act inadequately addresses the underlying asset valuation problem. Federal regulation may support market …
Private Regulation, Ronen Avraham
Private Regulation, Ronen Avraham
ronen avraham
In this paper I propose implementing a “private regulation regime” for healthcare which would realign health care providers’ incentives so as to significantly reduce the healthcare system’s three major cost drivers: medical errors, defensive medicine and offensive medicine. The private regulation regime would consist of private firms which would develop clinical practice guidelines and sell them to client health care providers. In exchange for purchasing, and following, the guidelines, providers would be immune from medical malpractice lawsuits. The private regulators, though, would face liability for producing suboptimal guidelines. Providers would be less likely to make medical errors because they would …
Tort-Related Risk Costs And The Hand Formula For Negligence, Richard S. Markovits
Tort-Related Risk Costs And The Hand Formula For Negligence, Richard S. Markovits
Richard S. Markovits
No abstract provided.
A Distortion-Analysis Protocol For Economic-Efficiency Analysis: A Third-Best-Economically-Efficient Response To The General Theory Of Second Best, Richard S. Markovits
A Distortion-Analysis Protocol For Economic-Efficiency Analysis: A Third-Best-Economically-Efficient Response To The General Theory Of Second Best, Richard S. Markovits
Richard S. Markovits
No abstract provided.
Tort-Related Risk Costs And The Hand Formula For Negligence, Richard S. Markovits
Tort-Related Risk Costs And The Hand Formula For Negligence, Richard S. Markovits
Richard S. Markovits
No abstract provided.
Background (Fixed-Cost) Avoidance-Choices, Foreground (Variable-Cost) Avoidance-Choices, And The Economically Efficient Approach For Courts To Take To Marine-Salvage Cases: A Positive Analysis And Related Critique Of Landes And Posner’S Classic Study, Richard S. Markovits
Richard S. Markovits
No abstract provided.
Background (Fixed-Cost) Avoidance-Choices, Foreground (Variable-Cost) Avoidance-Choices, And The Economically Efficient Approach For Courts To Take To Marine-Salvage Cases: A Positive Analysis And Related Critique Of Landes And Posner’S Classic Study, Richard S. Markovits
Richard S. Markovits
No abstract provided.
Combating Cyber-Victimization, Jacqueline Lipton
Combating Cyber-Victimization, Jacqueline Lipton
Jacqueline D Lipton
In today’s interconnected society, high profile examples of online victimization abound. Cyber-bullies, stalkers and harassers launch attacks on the less powerful, causing a variety of harms. Recent scholarship has identified some of the more salient damage, including reputational harms, severe emotional distress, loss of employment, and physical assault. Extreme cases of online abuse have resulted in death through suicide or as a result of targeted attacks. This article makes two major contributions to the cyber-victimization literature. It proposes specific reforms to criminal and tort laws to address this conduct more effectively. Further, it situates those reforms within a new multi-modal …
Rape On The Washington Southern: The Tragic Case Of Hines V. Garrett, Michael I. Krauss
Rape On The Washington Southern: The Tragic Case Of Hines V. Garrett, Michael I. Krauss
Michael I Krauss
Virginia's most important Proximate Causation case turns out also to be a revealing case study of government regulation, of women's rights and of race relations in the Old Dominion. After considerable original research, this article presents the "rest of the story." This article will become, we think, an important contribution both to Tort theory, to American legal history and to the history of Washington, DC and of Virginia.
Fueling The Coal War--The Courts, The Feds, And The Epa: Who Is In A Better Position To Curb Coal-Related Pollution?, Corwyn Davis
Fueling The Coal War--The Courts, The Feds, And The Epa: Who Is In A Better Position To Curb Coal-Related Pollution?, Corwyn Davis
Corwyn M Davis
ABSTRACT: With the United States’ continued and growing dependence on the use of coal for energy production, it is vital that the country examines ways to eliminate coal wastes more efficiently. The courts have varying opinions on who should ultimately bear responsibility for environmental torts connected with carbon pollution. With greenhouse gases and global warming stealing the environmental spotlight, the equally hazardous nature of coal combustion waste disposal has taken a back door to national policy reform. This paper introduces the problems associated with the disposal of this hazardous by-product. By analyzing the status quo of environmental regulation, it becomes …
The Lavender Letter: Applying The Law Of Adultery To Same-Sex Couples And Same-Sex Conduct, Peter Nicolas
The Lavender Letter: Applying The Law Of Adultery To Same-Sex Couples And Same-Sex Conduct, Peter Nicolas
Peter Nicolas
In this manuscript, I examine the question whether the law of adultery applies to same-sex extramarital conduct, which has divided courts nationwide. While the case law to date has been sparse—since the issue has only arisen in the context of opposite-sex marriages in which one spouse has an extramarital same-sex relationship—with the growth in the number of states recognizing same-sex marriage, the question is certain to recur with increased frequency.
In the manuscript, I examine the question in four different contexts: criminal adultery prosecutions, fault-based divorce actions, civil tort actions for interference with the marital relationship, and murder cases raising …