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Report

Assigning Responsibility Following a Catastrophe: Alternatives to Relying Solely on Traditional Civil Litigation

This report reviews various alternatives to relying exclusively on traditional civil litigation to assign responsibility for the human causes of a catastrophe and to determine the types of losses that a designated responsible party must reimburse.

Nov 28, 2017
Periodical

Periodical

RAND Review: May-June 2016

This issue highlights integrative medicine and the future of health care; the RAND American Life Panel; a commentary on how to expedite the process of resolving open cases at Guantánamo Bay; women soldiers on the special ops battlefield; and more.

May 2, 2016
Journal Article

Victim Compensation Funds and Tort Litigation Following Incidents of Mass Violence

Explores the issue of how victim compensation funds (VCFs) impact a victim's likelihood to sue using the tort system. VCFs have become a feature of the policy landscape following high-profile tragedies.

Jan 15, 2016
Research Brief

Research Brief

Diagnostic Abuse in Silica Litigation

This brief analyzes the factors that led to the exposure of widespread abuse in the diagnoses in thousands of silica injury claims in Texas, then suggests ways to uncover such abuses in mass personal-injury litigation more easily in the future.

Dec 4, 2009
Report

Report

Asbestos-Related Claims Exceed 730,000, Cost More than $70 Billion

Claims for asbestos injuries have risen sharply since the 1990s and total more than 730,000 through 2002. At least 8,400 defendants have paid more than $70 billion on the litigation, 42 percent of which has gone to claimants.

May 9, 2005
Report

Compensation for Losses from the 9/11 Attacks

To understand how the losses created by 9/11 differ from those following natural disasters and other catastrophic events, researchers examined the benefits going to those who were killed or seriously injured in the 9/11 attacks and benefits to individuals and businesses in New York City that suffered losses from the attack on the World Trade Center.

Nov 2, 2004
Report

Report

Fashioning a National Resolution of Asbestos Personal Injury Litigation: A Reply to Professor Brickman

In this paper, reprinted from Cardozo Law Review, the author responds to Professor Brickman's analysis of the asbestos litigation problem, as well as to his proposal for a national administrative solution to the problem.

Jan 1, 2004
Report

Report

Asbestos Litigation Costs and Compensation: An Interim Report

Examines the dimensions of current asbestos litigation and the potential future effects of the litigation on the U.S. economy

Jan 1, 2002
Report

Report

The Frequency of Excess Auto Personal Injury Claims

The Frequency of Excess Auto Personal Injury Claims

Jan 1, 2002
Journal Article

Journal Article

The Frequency of Excess Claims for Automobile Personal Injuries

This study analyzes the patterns of personal injury claims submitted across the states to estimate the extent of excess claiming.

Jan 1, 1999
Dissertation

Dissertation

Explaining Variation in Personal Injury Jury Awards

Studies of civil jury verdicts have become a prominent part of the research agenda regarding the civil justice system.

Jan 1, 1997
Report

Report

The Costs of Excess Medical Claims for Automobile Personal Injuries

This study analyzes the pattern of excess medical claiming across the states to estimate how much excess medical claiming exists and how much it costs consumers.

Jan 1, 1995
Report

Report

A glass half full, a glass half empty : the use of alternative dispute resolution in mass personal injury litigation

A glass half full, a glass half empty : the use of alternative dispute resolution in mass personal injury litigation

Jan 1, 1995
Research Brief

Research Brief

Understanding Mass Personal Injury Litigation

Suggests that proposals for improving mass tort processing will not be successful unless they deal directly with uncertainties flowing from the factual and legal complexity of the cases ...

Jan 1, 1995
Report

Report

Understanding Mass Personal Injury Litigation: A Socio-Legal Analysis

The civil justice system has not responded well to the challenge of handling mass torts, and many innovations have been proposed to improve processing of these cases.

Jan 1, 1994
Report

Report

Contingent Fees for Personal Injury Litigation

Plaintiff attorneys on personal injury cases are typically paid a contingent fee. Contingent fees are widely believed to induce excessive litigation and are increasingly regulated.

Jan 1, 1980