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A Simple Analysis Of New York State Tort Reform

Author(s) -

Larry Lichtenstein,

Ronald R. Reiber

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

journal of business and economics research (jber)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2157-8893

pISSN - 1542-4448

DOI - 10.19030/jber.v8i8.752

Subject(s) - plaintiff , tort , style (visual arts) , span (engineering) , phenomenon , economic justice , tort reform , law , law and economics , political science , economics , philosophy , art , literature , engineering , liability , civil engineering , epistemology

In New York State, there has been a rapid increase in personal injury litigation over the recent past.   We show empirically that the tort reform that occurred in the 1980s may be, in part, responsible for this phenomenon by increasing the effective structured award that the plaintiff receives.   However, despite this generous compensation scheme, some cohorts of plaintiffs may still not receive economic justice.  

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