SMALL CLAIMS*

A Small Claims Court for Pennsylvania

Two of the principal criticisms directed against the present arrangement of our courts are that the costs are too high in controversies involving small sums of money and that the procedure in such cases is too complicated. In many states an effort has been made to remedy these defects by the establishment of special courts, of limited jurisdiction, to hear certain cases of small claims only. To...

The Claims Library Capability Maturity Model Evaluating a Claims Library

One of the problem that plagues Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) software is its development cost. Many software companies forego the usability engineering aspect of their projects due to the time required to design and test user interfaces. Unfortunately, there is no “silver bullet” for user interface design and implementation because they are inherently difficult tasks. As computers are movin...

Claims and Jurisdictions in Medical Matters Disputes

Medical claims are all disputes that are somehow related to the medical and related matters so its subject is wide-ranging. These are civil, criminal and diciplinair medical cases, and due to the multy natures of such cases, we are likely to see numerous authorities to them. Furthermore, here expert medical expertise and expert opinion play an important role, but the rules are somewhat conflict...

Swedish consumers' cognitive approaches to nutrition claims and health claims

INTRODUCTION AND AIM Studies show frequent use of nutrition claims and health claims in consumers' choice of food products. The aim of the present study was to investigate how consumers' thoughts about these claims and food products are affected by various types of food-related experiences. MATERIAL AND METHODS The data collection comprised 30 individual interviews among Swedish consumers age...

Discussion Paper on NUTRITION CLAIMS AND FUNCTIONAL CLAIMS