Collecting Liability for Compensation for Medical Accidents

No-fault compensation for medical accidents.

Economics and Liability for Accidents

Legal liability for accidents determines the circumstances under which injurers must compensate injurers for harm. The effects of liability on incentives to reduce risk, on risk-bearing and insurance (both direct coverage for victims and liability coverage for injurers), and on administrative expenses are considered. Liability is also compared to other methods of controlling harmful activities,...

Liability and liability insurance for medical malpractice.

Physicians typically carry virtually complete malpractice insurance coverage. This contradicts standard theoretical predictions that under a negligence rule of liability there should be no demand for insurance, and insurance policies under moral hazard will contain co-payment provisions. It is argued that judicial 'errors' in defining negligence generate a demand for liability and legal defense...

Liability for Medical Malpractice

P_ hysicians and other medical providers are subject to a negligence rule of liability. To prevail, a plaintiff must show that he or she sustained damages that were caused by the failure of the physician to take due care, defined as customary practice of physicians in good standing with the profession, or a significant minority of such physicians. In a simple model, with perfect information and...

The expansion of liability for medical accidents: from negligence to strict liability by way of informed consent.

civil liability of road managers for car accidents

road managers, such as the ministry of roads and municipals, are in charge of the construction and maintenance of roads. in cases where the defect of the road or failure to observe the safety rules is effective in a car accident, the road managers may be considered as the liable of the harm. their liability is based on civil liability rules and approved special acts. we analyze the civil liabil...