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Medical malpractice and the American jury : confronting the myths about jury incompetence, deep pockets, and outrageous damage awards / Neil Vidmar.

Title
Medical malpractice and the American jury : confronting the myths about jury incompetence, deep pockets, and outrageous damage awards / Neil Vidmar.
Author
Vidmar, Neil.
Publication
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [1995], ©1995.

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xii, 318 pages; 24 cm
Summary
Medical Malpractice and the American Jury explores why the claims about jury misbehavior are so discrepant from the actual evidence that, on average, malpractice juries perform their task quite well. The implications of this study will make it required reading for policymakers, health practitioners, lawyers, judges, and academics.
Subject
  • Damages > United States
  • Jury > United States
  • Malpractice
  • Medical Staff
  • Medical personnel > Malpractice > United States
  • United States
  • Verdicts > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-313) and index.
Contents
  • 1. Are Medical Malpractice Juries Engaged in Malpractice? -- 2. Proplaintiff Bias, Rising Win Rates, and Deep Pockets: Some Major Problems with the Critics' Evidence -- 3. A Profile of Jury Verdicts in North Carolina -- 4. How Typical Is North Carolina? Data from Elsewhere in America -- 5. The Cases That Went to Trial / Neil Vidmar and Laura Donnelly -- 6. Case Studies of Settlement Failure -- 7. The Litigation Process: Putting the Case Studies into Context -- 8. Hypotheses on Case Selection and Their Meaning in Understanding Jury Verdicts -- 9. Malpractice: Behind a $26-Million Award to a Boy Injured in Surgery / Steve Cohen -- 10. Postscript to Melis v. Kutin -- 11. An Introduction to the Liability Controversy -- 12. Are Trials Always Technically Complicated? Three Case Studies -- 13. Complicated Trials: Some Case Studies -- 14. Jury Performance Compared: Doctor Judgments of Negligence and Other Criteria -- 15. A Summary Perspective on Liability Decisions --
  • 16. A Prologue to Damages -- 17. Spiraling Awards, "Deep Pockets," and Jury Sympathy: The Claims and the Evidence -- 18. Two Tests of the "Deep Pockets" Hypothesis -- 19. Jurors versus Legal Professionals: Two Studies / Neil Vidmar, Jeffrey Rice and David Landau -- 20. Voices from the Jury Room -- 21. Economic Loss and Punitive Awards -- 22. A Summary Perspective on Damage Awards -- 23. Diagnosis of Misdiagnosis: The Tort Reform Debate - A Concluding Essay.
ISBN
0472106392 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
LCCN
95021343
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