Tort Claims against State Governments

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...

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

Tort claims and adverse events in emergency medical services.

STUDY OBJECTIVE Emergency medical services (EMS) provide care to acutely ill or injured patients in settings less controlled than other health care environments. Although reports describing individual EMS adverse events exist, few broader descriptions exist. The objective of the study is to characterize the types, frequencies, and outcomes of adverse events associated with insurance tort claims...

Getting into Court: Standing, Political Questions and Climate Tort Claims

Within the time span of 1 month in late 2009, three Federal courts in the USA issued decisions touching on the justiciability of nuisance and other common law tort claims relating to climate change. These cases demonstrate that Massachusetts v. EPA (the US Supreme Court Case involving the question of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gases (GHGs) un...

A Psychological Perspective on the Settlement of Mass Tort Claims