We present a new model of negligence and causation and examine the influence of the causation test on the level of care under negligence. In this model, the injurer’s decision to take care reduces the likelihood of an accident only in the event that some nondeterministic intervention occurs. The effects of the causation test depend on the information available to the court, and the manner in wh...

when a person should compensate something for a person, it is said that he has civil liability. the existence of evidence that shows a person is responsible- the wrong act, damage, negligence causation relationship-specific religious relationship is caused between the person who cause the damage and the one who receive it that the former turn out to be the person indebted and the later one the ...

Economic models of negligence ordinarily involve a single standard of care that all injurers must meet to avoid liability. When injurers differ in their costs of care, however, this leads to distortions in their care choices. This paper derives the characteristics of a generalized negligence rule that induces injurers to selfselect their optimal care levels. The principal features of the rule a...

v. Papastavros, 323 Conn. 275 (Sept. 27, 2016), the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that expert testimony is required to establish the element of causation in a legal malpractice case. Thus, even where an attorney’s performance was deficient, if the plaintiff cannot present expert testimony that the outcome of her case would have been different but for the attorney’s negligence, the attorney wi...