Immunity of Charitable Institutions to Tort Liability: An Eroding Defense

Who Pays for Tort Liability Claims? An Economic Analysis of the U.S. Tort Liability System

Immunity for immunizations: tort liability, biodefense, and Bioshield II.

Surrogate Immunity: The Government Contract Defense and Products Liability

Limiting Tort Liability for Medical Malpractice

The past few years have seen a sharp increase in premiums for medical malpractice liability insurance, which health care professionals buy to protect themselves from the costs of being sued (see Figure 1 on page 2). On average, premiums for all physicians nationwide rose by 15 percent between 2000 and 2002—nearly twice as fast as total health care spending per person. The increases during that ...

Tort Liability Litigation Costs for Commercial Claims

This article analyzes tort liability litigation costs using the Texas Department of Insurance Commercial Liability Insurance Closed Claim database for the years 1988–2004. Insurer costs to defend claims in which a suit was filed average $35,000 per claim in 2004$, which corresponds to a share of 0.18 of total expenditures. Claims with higher stakes and complexity lead to greater reliance on out...