OBJECTIVE Among medical practices, surgical fields, including neurosurgery, are at a high
risk for medical malpractice litigation. With meningiomas contributing to 10% of the total …

A “seat belt defense” allows a defendant in a third‐party auto liability event to present
evidence of seat belt nonuse to reduce a plaintiff's recovery. When successfully applied, the …

US public sector employers have promised over $1 trillion in retiree health and other post-
employment benefits (OPEBs)-an unfunded liability of the same order of magnitude as US …

This paper studies whether doctors prescribe antibiotics to protect themselves against
potential malpractice claims. Using data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey …

This study examines how tort reform affects uncertainty in insurance markets by testing
whether noneconomic damage caps influence reserving volatility for medical malpractice …

This paper thoroughly studies the impact of excess verdicts on the insurance industry and
further explores the optimal insurance strategy from the policyholder's perspective …

CONCLUSION AND RELEVANCE Businesses can try to prevent losses that could lead to
nuclear verdicts. Additionally, attorneys can combat these verdicts through tactics at trial and …

Objetivo. Plantear una reflexión sobre la incorporación al derecho de consumo peruano de
la figura anglosajona de los “daños punitivos” con la finalidad de eliminar los casos en los …

Three waves of tort reform occurred during mid-1970s, mid-1980s and early 2000s to deal
with the liability “crises”. The inflationary pressures drove up the medical costs and social …

Objective: This article raises a reflection on the incorporation of the Anglo-Saxon figure of
“punitive damages into the Peruvian consumer law “in order to eliminate cases in which the …