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Due Process Problems Of Property Damage No-Fault Insurance, Stephen L. Jones
Due Process Problems Of Property Damage No-Fault Insurance, Stephen L. Jones
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Michigan, Florida, and Massachusetts have recently enacted automobile property damage no-fault legislation. Similar to the concept of personal injury no-fault plans, the property damage legislation bars tort recovery for damage to vehicles involved in collisions and substitutes a system of insurance protection that would compensate the vehicle's owner for these losses without regard to fault. There are, however, two essential differences between the property damage and personal injury proposals. First, because property damage claims have been minor as compared to those for personal injuries, the property damage proposals have permitted the vehicle owner to self-insure for the former losses by …
Workmen's Compensation: Toward A Stricter Liability For Enterprise, John A. Payne Jr.
Workmen's Compensation: Toward A Stricter Liability For Enterprise, John A. Payne Jr.
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
This article considers the situation in which an employee injured by a defective product in the course of his employment can proceed both against his employer insured by a workmen's compensation program and against a manufacturer of the employer's equipment who is strictly liable under a claim of products liability. The focus is not on the manufacturer as employer but on the manufacturer as supplier of defective equipment which causes injury. This is the best situation for analyzing the problems arising from the present system for distributing losses because, where the negligence of the employer has been an independent cause …
Consumer Complaints: A Proposed Federal Trade Regulation Rule, Howard R. Lurie
Consumer Complaints: A Proposed Federal Trade Regulation Rule, Howard R. Lurie
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
It is no secret that most consumers are unable to protect themselves in the marketplace, yet government assistance to the consumer is frequently unavailable. All too often the bureaus of government are interested primarily in controversies of major significance. Minor consumer complaints are viewed as an annoyance that distract and interfere with more important matters. What must be done to protect consumers is to redress the balance of power now heavily weighted in favor of business. To do so requires that government go beyond current concepts of appropriate consumer protection and establish unorthodox remedies. One such remedy is suggested in …