:insurance and tort law from the Progressive Era to 911
/ Kenneth S. Abraham
Cambridge, Mass.
: Harvard University Press,
, 2008.
274 p.
Language: انگلیسی
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The dawn of a new era -- The original tort reform : workers compensation -- Drivers, lawyers, and insurers : a costly combination -- The physicians' dilemma : Medical malpractice liability and the health insurance system -- Products liability, environmental liability, and the long tail -- Which came first, the liability or the insurance? -- Collateral sources, mega-liability, and the stresses of 9/11 -- Recurring themes, sobering constraints.