Irving W. Burr wrote the first edition (Burr 1979) of this book, which was considered an
outstanding book for quality control practitioners and a leading book in this area. After his …

That there is widespread discontent with the tort system is surely an understatement. Most
public discourse takes it as axiomatic that the system is seriously flawed and needs to be …

This article provides new evidence on moral hazard in insurance markets by analyzing the
frequency of automobile bodily injury liability (BIL) claims. We conduct cross-sectional …

This paper evaluates the impact of six different types of tort reforms on the frequency, size,
and number of total annual settlements in medical malpractice cases between 1991 and …

This study focuses on the economic consequences of tort reform. In particular, we address
two issues. First, we test the relationship between tort reforms and claim severity for an …

The impact of a statute that is currently in effect depends on expectations about its future
constitutionality. We investigate the effect of tort reform by segmenting reforms into those that …

It is common to hear claims that tort law is undermining the ability of America to grow
economically. Tort liability imposes costs on businesses, who complain about its detrimental …

How the fear of malpractice affects mothers and reproductive choices Giving birth is a
monumental event, not only in the personal life of the woman giving birth, but as a medical …

Medical malpractice has received much attention in the media with highly publicized jury
awards and reported consequences of excessive litigation. Health care and medical …

Economic reasoning predicts that policyholders in states that treat for insurer bad faith in
settling claims as a tort should receive higher payments from insurers because of the greater …