Results for 'Negligence settlement amounts'
Forum: The New Public Nuisance: Illegitimate and Dysfunctional
necessary to secure a judgment or settlement. These joint ventures also nearly always target deep-pocketed defendants. As Kendrick describes, the new public
Forum: What It Takes to Write Statutes that Hold the Firearms Industry Accountable to Civil Justice
products liability, ultrahazardous activity, fraud, and negligence. These were generally unsuccessful. Even when plaintiffs reached juries, appellate
Duties Owed: Low-Intensity Cyber Attacks and Liability for Transboundary Torts in International Law
act of negligence. In international law, the paramount case proclaiming liability for the duty to prevent and redress transboundary harm is the 1941
Forum: Data Rights and Data Wrongs: Civil Litigation and the New Privacy Norms
settlement, Aetna sued the third party, seeking indemnity, contribution, reimbursement, and damages for their purported negligence. The mailing company then
Tort Law Inside Out
Specifically, throughout the Restatement’s discussion of negligence, strict liability, and intentional wrongs, doctrine disfavors stating interpersonal
The Modification of Decrees in the Original Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
Settlement and Avoiding Enforcement Issues The Supreme Court’s preference for negotiation over adjudication in original jurisdiction cases also
Probate Lending
basis” in exchange for a share of any future verdict or settlement. In dozens of articles in newspapers and law journals, this business model has been
Reducing Inequality on the Cheap: When Legal Rule Design Should Incorporate Equity as Well as Efficiency
as the “baseline model.” Remarkably, under this common set of assumptions, both the negligence rule and the strict liability rule are “i-efficient
Agencies as Litigation Gatekeepers
to trade a larger settlement pot for an unduly wide liability release, compromising future enforcement efforts, whether public or private. One could
Article III Judicial Power, the Adverse-Party Requirement, and Non-Contentious Jurisdiction
consent decrees, and settlement class actions. Still others have attempted to justify particular ex parte practices, such as search and arrest warrants, by