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The medical malpractice system in the United States is designed to both compensate and to deter medically induced injury. It performs these functions through the civil justice system, which allows individuals to seek redress for injury caused by medical negligence (improper or substandard medical care), and the liability insurance industry, which charges premiums to providers in exchange for fi...

This Article seeks to explore previously unexamined differences between the negligence and strict liability rules and thereby examine whether medical liability reform is required. The main thesis is that negligence as a basis for liability entails a unique mechanism, which is essentially different than the strict liability mechanism, and is more efficient for several reasons related to the lega...

P A M E L A R . D . W I L L I A M S , * , † D A N I E L I N M A N , ‡ A N D Y A D E N , ‡ A N D G A R V I N A . H E A T H § E Risk Sciences, LLP, 4647 Carter Trail, Boulder, Colorado 80301, National BioEnergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, Colorado, and Strategic Energy Analysis Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden...

It was in December 2002, and Peter Sullivan, partner in charge of the audit engagement at Softnet Systems was becoming uneasy with their client’s accounting practices. Peter was a partner at John Sanders LLP, a global public accounting firm that had been appointed as the new auditors of Softnet. Although the firm was a new client to John Sanders LLP, Peter’s firm regarded Softnet as a very impo...