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This book explains the phenomenon of shared damages by which a stranger to litigation is entitled to share in the damages recovered in a legal suit. Two prominent examples are the carer, entitled to share in the fund of damages recovered by a victim of tort, and the indemnity insurer, entitled to participate in damages won by the insured. Simone Degeling argues that the right to share is given to reduce the potential of the claimant's unjust enrichment. This analysis interests restitution and tort lawyers, as well as academic institutions and court libraries.
THE PERSONAL INJURY CONUNDRUM
With over 3 million whiplash injuries in the US each year,
countless individuals suffer from long term/chronic pain and health
problems due to improper or under diagnosis and treatment. Many
MD's and DC's do not realize there are specialists in the field of
Motor Vehicle Occupant Injuries. Mismanagement of a motor vehicle
collision case can leave the patient with undue pain and suffering,
as well as, make it difficult for attorneys to help victims recoup
their loss and pay medical bills. Whiplash and hidden soft tissue
injuries often require an interdisciplinary health care team
approach. Knowing when, where and why to refer auto accident
patients is a vital part in helping them receive the best care
possible.
About Dr R Jay Shetlin
Educational and personal background of Dr R Jay Shetlin.
Uundergraduate studies:
Riverside California
University of Utah; SLC, UT
Graduate Studies:
Palmer College of Chiropractic; Davenport, IA
Dr. Shetlin has been passionate about health and the human body
since his youth. Growing up with role models like "The Incredible
Hulk," Lou Frigno, Arnold Swartzenhager, Gymnast - Mary Lou Retton,
Dr. Shetlin has been amazed with what the human frame can do, how
it can change shape, and its amazing ability to heal itself after a
trauma. There was a time in the 4th grade where he had a run-in
with a forceful jolt of electricity...in his 4th grade mind, he
thought he had been "gama-rayed" turning him into a miniature
"incredible hulk," but we will save that story for another time.
Practice History
Once his graduate requirements were complete, Dr. Shetlin opened
his own practice in St. George, UT. He has never stopped learning
and has been a diligent servant to his community. Dr. Shetlin took
2 years in 2005-2007 to practice in Lisbon, Portugal. He has been
practicing in South Jordan, Utah since 2007.
Dr R Jay Shetlin Accomplishments
Served as President of the Utah Spinal Research Foundation
Served as President of the American Spinal Research Foundation
Organized a Triathlon to fund Spinal Research
Organized the, "Natural Health and Fitness Expo"
Lectured frequently on "Optimal health, naturally...without drugs
and surgery."
Headed two research studies, one on Asthma, the other on Multiple
Sclerosis.
Became Certified as an Auto Accident Occupant Injury
Specialist
Developed his practice into a group with Chiropractors, Medical
Doctors,
Physical Therapist and Massage Therapists all working together for
the benefit of the patient.
Authored three books
Serves as the President of "The Whiplash Group" and "The Utah
Whiplash Group" working with physicians and attorneys who
specialize in Personal Injury cases
Tort Law: Text, Cases, and Materials combines incisive author
commentary with carefully selected extracts from primary and
secondary materials. The author introduces the fundamental
principles of the subject before moving on to discuss more
challenging issues, thereby ensuring a full understanding of the
subject and encouraging an appreciation of the more complex debates
surrounding the law of tort. The book is designed to be a
stand-alone text, providing students with a comprehensive source of
relevant materials in one easy-to-use volume. Digital formats and
resources This text is accompanied by online resources, including:
- Biannual updates, keeping students up to date on the latest key
developments in tort law - Self-test questions on key topics, with
feedback, giving you the opportunity to test your learning - Web
links to reliable and accurate resources, providing a starting
point for further study
When accidents occur and people suffer injuries, who ought to bear the loss? Tort law offers a complex set of rules to answer this question, but up to now philosophers have offered little by way of analysis of these rules. In eight essays commissioned for this volume, leading legal theorists examine the philosophical foundations of tort law. This collection will be of interest to professionals and advanced students working in philosophy of law, social theory, political theory, and law, as well as anyone seeking a better understanding of tort law.
"Elements of Claims and Defenses in Nevada" by Day R. Williams,
Attorney at Law, provides the elements of claims and defenses in
Nevada law. This is a manual and reference for the working Nevada
lawyer. Civil claims and affirmative defenses are explained. The
book features a helpful index and table of authorities. The claims
covered include the following: Abuse of Process, Accord and
Satisfaction, Accounting, Aiding and Abetting, Alter Ego, Assault,
Assumpsit, Attorney's Fees, Bad Faith, Battery, Breach of Contract,
Breach of Duty of Fair Representation, Breach of Fiduciary Duty,
Breach of Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing, Breach
of Implied Warranty to Perform n a Workmanlike Manner, Civil
Conspiracy, Civil Conspiracy to Defraud, Claim and Delivery,
Concert of Action, Construction Defects, Constructive Dismissal,
Constructive Fraud, Constructive Trust, Consumer Fraud,
Contributory Infringement, Conversion, Copyright Infringement,
Deceit or Misrepresentation, Deceptive Trade Practice, Declaratory
Judgments, Joinder of Parties, Provisional Remedies, Defamation,
Defense of Property, Dental Malpractice, Detinue, Disparate
Treatment, Elder Exploitation, Equal Pay Claim, Equitable Estoppel,
Equitable Lien, Equitable Tolling, Failure to Properly Supervise or
Train under U.S.C. 1983, False Arrest, and False Imprisonment.
The Ultimate Guide to your Slip and Fall Case...Slip and fall
accidents will injure millions of Americans this year. Nearly
20,000 people will die as a result of their injuries and several
hundred thousand more will suffer permanent disability. Slip and
fall accidents are the second highest cause of accidental death
among the elderly. The effect of fall accident injuries can be
catastrophic to the victims resulting in substantially changed life
styles and monetary loss. Despite the frequent nature of slip and
fall accidents they maintain a reputation of being the most
difficult to win of all personal injury cases. Often shunned by
trial lawyers and undervalued by defendants and their insurance
carriers, these cases are characteristic of personal injury
litigation that demands a full knowledge of the law and technology
if litigation is to be successful. If you or a loved one has been
injured in a slip and fall accident, this book is written for you.
This book details the process from the initial accident to
liability issues and how to successfully fight for what you
deserve.
Now in its eight edition, Markesinis and Deakin's Tort Law provides
a general overview of the law and full discussion of the academic
debates on all major topics, highlighting the relationship between
the common law, legislation, and judicial policy. In addition, the
authors provide a variety of comparative and economic perspectives
on the law of tort and its likely development, always placing the
subject in its socio-economic context thereby giving students a
deeper and richer understanding of tort law. This detailed and
authoritative book offers teachers a wider range of topics to
cover, while providing students with a text which is both
descriptive and reflective of this branch of law. Digital formats
This eighth edition is available for students and institutions to
purchase in a variety of formats. - The e-book offers a mobile
experience and convenient access along with functionality tools,
navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support:
www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
Drawing on legal cases, legal debates, and fiction including
works by James Fenimore Cooper, Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, and
Charles Chesnutt, Nan Goodman investigates changing notions of
responsibility and agency in nineteenth-century America. By looking
at accidents and accident law in the industrializing society,
Goodman shows how courts moved away from the doctrine of strict
liability to a new notion of liability that emphasized fault and
negligence." Shifting the Blame" reveals the pervasive impact of
this radically new theory of responsibility in understandings of
industrial hazards, in manufacturing dangers, and in the stories
that were told and retold about accidents.
In exciting tales of the actions of "good Samaritans" or of sea,
steamboat, or railroad accidents, features of risk that might
otherwise escape our attention--such as the suddenness of impact,
the encounter between strangers, and the debates over blame and
responsibility--were reconstructed in a manner that revealed both
imagined and actual solutions to one of the most difficult
philosophical and social conflicts in the nineteenth-century United
States. Through literary and legal stories of accidents, Goodman
suggests, we learn a great deal about what Americans thought about
blame, injury, and individual responsibility in one of the most
formative periods of our history.
Over the last two decades public law liability for breach of
European Union law has been subject to remarkable developments.
This book examines the convergence between its two constituent
systems: the damages liability of the EU and that of its Member
States for failing to comply with EU rules. Member State liability,
based as it is on the Francovich case (1991) and Brasserie du
Pecheur and Factortame (1996) judgments of the European Court of
Justice (ECJ) is well established. But it is yet to be closely
scrutinised by reference to the detailed rules on the liability of
the European Union. The focus of the book is on the two key legal
criteria that are common to both systems, namely the grant of
rights to individuals by EU law and the notion of sufficiently
serious breach of such rights. The analysis concentrates on
developments in the case law of the ECJ and the General Court since
the Bergaderm judgment (2000), which consolidated the convergence
of the two liability systems that was first indicated in Brasserie
du Pecheur and Factortame. These two criteria are set side by side
to evaluate the extent, in real terms, of the convergence of Member
State and EU institutional damages liability, and to determine the
extent to which one has influenced the other. This book shows that
although full convergence between the two liability systems is not
likely, each stream of case law should look to the other more
actively as this important element of EU remedial law develops.
Convergence in EU law public liability is supported by developments
in adjacent areas, most notably European tort law and European
administrative law. This study also illustrates how convergence in
the EU liability systems to date has had spill-over effects into
national public liability law.
In this paperback reprint of a book originally published in 1993, Carl Cranor argues that the scientific and statistical criteria usually used to determine whether substances are toxic are too rigorous and time-consuming for evidentiary purposes in tort cases and for regulation. This results in the underregulation of toxic substances and the undercompensation of plaintiffs in tort cases. Cranor proposes that the evidential standards now used should be evaluated with the purposes of the law in mind. The choice of standards is, in effect, a choice between economic costs to society and health costs to individuals. Cranor argues persuasively that justice requires that priority be given to avoiding the latter.
This exceptional collection of twenty-two essays on the philosophical fundamentals of tort law assembles many of the world's leading commentators on this particualrly fascinating conjunction of law and philosophy. The contributions range broadly, from inquiries into how tort law derives from Aristotle, Aquinas, and Kant to the latest rights-based and economic theories of legal reponsibility.
What remedy, if any should the law provide to a person who has
suffered "wrongful" harm at the hands of another? Should the lay do
nothing and leave things as they are? Should the burden of helping
injured persons bear their financial losses be placed on their
families? Should we place the responsibility for helping on the
government? As an alternative to these possibilities, we might say
that in some cases people who cause harm should be required to
compensate for the losses by paying money to the persons they have
harmed. The law of torts is made of a series of rules that tell us
when a person who has harmed another must pay that person
compensation.
Street on Torts provides an insightful and thorough treatment of
tort law with a focus on key concepts and clear explanations.
Alongside perceptive coverage of the key principles of tort law,
succinct case extracts and accompanying analyses allow students to
consider the law in context and understand how it is applied in
practice. Digital formats and resources: The sixteenth edition is
available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of
formats, and is supported by online resources. The e-book offers a
mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality
tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning
support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks This book is accompanied
by "https://learninglink.oup.com/access/witting16e" online
resources, including: - Answer guidance for each of the problem
questions in the book - An additional chapter on animal torts -
Bi-annual updates to keep students up to date on the latest key
developments in tort law - Self-test questions on key topics, with
feedback, giving students the opportunity to test their learning
The collapse of Enron. The prosecution of Arthur Andersen. The
bankruptcy of WorldCom. We live in an era defined by corporate
greed and malfeasance--one in which unprecedented accounting frauds
and failures of compliance run rampant. Allegations against some of
the most revered companies in the United States continue to raise
disturbing questions about business ethics, good corporate
citizenship, and organizational accountability. To calm investor
fears, revive perceptions of legitimacy in markets, and demonstrate
the resolve of state and federal regulators, a host of reforms,
high-profile investigations, and symbolic prosecutions have been
conducted. But are they enough?
In this timely work, William S. Laufer argues that even with
recent legal reforms--and those about to be enacted--corporate
criminal law continues to be ineffective. "Corporate Bodies and
Guilty Minds" outlines the many reasons why this is so. Laufer
considers the failure of courts and legislatures to fashion
liability rules that fairly attribute blame for organizations. He
analyzes the games that corporations play to deflect criminal
responsibility. And he also demonstrates how the exchange of
cooperation for prosecutorial leniency and amnesty belies true law
enforcement. But none of these factors, according to Laufer, trumps
the fact that there is no single constituency or interest group
that strongly and consistently advocates the importance and
priority of corporate criminal liability. In the absence of a new
standard of corporate liability, the power of regulators to keep
corporate abuses in check will remain insufficient.
A necessary corrective to our current climate of graft and greed,
"Corporate Bodiesand Guilty Minds "will be essential to
policymakers and legal minds alike.
Presenting the law of tort as a body of principles, this
authoritative textbook gives an incisive understanding of the
subject. Each tort is carefully structured and examined within a
consistent analytical framework that guides students through its
preconditions, elements, defences and remedies. Clear summaries and
comparisons accompany the detailed exposition, and further support
is provided by diagrams and tables which clarify complex aspects of
the law. Critical discussion of legal judgments encourages students
to develop strong analytical and case-reading skills, whilst key
reform proposals and leading cases from other jurisdictions
illustrate different potential solutions to conundrums in tort law.
Ten additional chapters on more advanced topics can be found
online, completing the learning package. This new edition has been
updated to take account of important cases, legislative
developments and law reform studies since July 2015.
The law enables private parties to undo the wrongs committed
against them, allowing victims to seek redress. A distinctive kind
of justice governs our legal rights of redress, different from the
leading corrective justice approaches. Through analysis of this key
idea, The Right of Redress helps to make sense of tort, contract,
fiduciary law, and unjust enrichment doctrine. When a wrong is
remedied, the authorship of that remedy matters. The justice in
private law is sensitive to a right holder's authorship, and
understanding how solves a number of legal theory puzzles. Many
forms of redress are only available with state assistance, and a
full account of private law requires an account of the state's
responsibility to assist. It also requires an explanation of those
cases in which the state declines to assist. Prior accounts have
drawn on Kantian principles or a Lockean social contract theory,
where The Right of Redress, drawing on public fiduciary theory,
develops a distinctive account of the state's role. This book
offers a new take on various modern features of the private law
landscape, ranging from equity, to damage caps, to arbitration, to
corporate claims, to class actions. The Right of Redress thus
offers a pathbreaking account of the justice in private law, the
political theory that underlies it, and the contemporary features
that shape our rights of redress today.
The fourth edition of Andrew Burrows' seminal work Remedies for
Torts, Breach of Contract, and Equitable Wrongs (previously
Remedies for Torts and Breach of Contract), updates and extends
coverage of judicial remedies for civil wrongs in English law.
Since the release of the previous edition in 2004, the scope of
discussion in the book has developed to include many contemporary
case studies. Examples of these include Morris-Garner v One Step
Ltd on negotiating damages, Milner v Carnival on quantum of mental
distress damages, Forsyth Grant v Allen on restitution for torts,
to name but a few, as well as crucial Supreme Court decisions on
penalty clauses (Cavendish v Makdessi) and injunctions
(LauritzenCool, Araci v Fallon and Coventry v Lawrence). In
addition to comprehensive updating to take account of new
developments in the law, this book includes two new chapters.
Unique to the fourth edition, the first explores damages under the
Human Rights Act of 1998; the second examines negotiating damages.
Remedies for Torts, Breach of Contract, and Equitable Wrongs by
leading scholar Andrew Burrows is a popular work amongst students
and practitioners due to its broad coverage, factual detail,
insightful application of academic context and enduring subject
matter.
Torts and other Wrongs is a collection of eleven of the author's
essays on the theory of the law of torts and its place in the law
more generally. Two new essays accompany nine previously published
pieces, a number of which are already established classics of
theoretical writing on private law. Together they range across the
distinction between torts and other wrongs, the moral significance
of outcomes, the nature and role of corrective and distributive
justice, the justification
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