Liability: Perspectives and Policy

by Robert E. Litan

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The United States has recently witnessed an explosion of personal injury lawsuits involving medical malpractice, unsafe products, and widespread environmental hazards. Jury awards and out-of-court settlements have escalated in many cases to hundreds of thousands of dollars. At the same time, premiums for liability insurance have skyrocketed. As a result, physicians have cut back services and some municipalities and businesses have been denied...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815752717
• ISBN13: 9780815752714
• Release Date: June 1988
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"