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Author Abraham, Kenneth S., 1946-
Title The liability century : insurance and tort law from the Progressive Era to 9/11 / Kenneth S. Abraham.
Publication Info Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.


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Descript 274 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents The dawn of a new era -- The original tort reform : workers compensation -- Drivers, lawyers, and insurers : a costly combination -- The physicians' dilemma : Medical malpractice liability and the health insurance system -- Products liability, environmental liability, and the long tail -- Which came first, the liability or the insurance? -- Collateral sources, mega-liability, and the stresses of 9/11 -- Recurring themes, sobering constraints.
ISBN 9780674027688
067402768X
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Author Abraham, Kenneth S., 1946-
Subject Liability (Law) -- United States -- History.
Liability insurance -- United States -- History.
Torts -- United States -- History.
Damages -- United States -- History.
Descript 274 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents The dawn of a new era -- The original tort reform : workers compensation -- Drivers, lawyers, and insurers : a costly combination -- The physicians' dilemma : Medical malpractice liability and the health insurance system -- Products liability, environmental liability, and the long tail -- Which came first, the liability or the insurance? -- Collateral sources, mega-liability, and the stresses of 9/11 -- Recurring themes, sobering constraints.
ISBN 9780674027688
067402768X
Author Abraham, Kenneth S., 1946-
Subject Liability (Law) -- United States -- History.
Liability insurance -- United States -- History.
Torts -- United States -- History.
Damages -- United States -- History.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 BJL 2nd Floor  KT 243 A1  8 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE

Subject Liability (Law) -- United States -- History.
Liability insurance -- United States -- History.
Torts -- United States -- History.
Damages -- United States -- History.
Descript 274 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents The dawn of a new era -- The original tort reform : workers compensation -- Drivers, lawyers, and insurers : a costly combination -- The physicians' dilemma : Medical malpractice liability and the health insurance system -- Products liability, environmental liability, and the long tail -- Which came first, the liability or the insurance? -- Collateral sources, mega-liability, and the stresses of 9/11 -- Recurring themes, sobering constraints.
ISBN 9780674027688
067402768X

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