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(However, transaction costs would probably remain higher than the 20 percent estimated for state workers' compensation programs because of higher costs for such things as determining which injuries were compensable and associating injuries with particular injurers.
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Fact Book, 2003 (New York: Insurance Information Institute, 2003), p. 49. 36. Relative to other types of torts, those involving an automobile occur more frequently and involve smaller losses.
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" CAT Hearing at 16 (prepared statement). 16. See S. Treaty Doc. No. 100-20, at 4-5 ("The United States understands that, in order to constitute torture, an act must be a deliberate and calculated act of an extremely cruel and inhuman nature, specifically intended to inflict excruciating and agonizing physical or mental pain or suffering."). 17. Thus, we do not agree with the statement in the August 2002 Memorandum that "[t]he Reagan administration's understanding that the pain be 'excruciating and agonizing' is in substance not different from the Bush administration's proposal that the pain must be severe.
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(31) For each accident, the data include the amount the victim claimed for economic and noneconomic damages and whether the claimant also filed a lawsuit. Those data allowed the authors to use regression analysis to investigate how tort reforms affect damage claims as well as the decision to pursue a lawsuit. The analysis controlled for a number of other factors, including the presence of no-fault insurance rules and whether the claimant retained an attorney.(32) Browne and Puelz postulated that tort reforms that lower potential awards make it unprofitable for plaintiffs to pursue a legal remedy in some cases.
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What was your business' gross receipts in 2004? Representation. Have you previously retained an attorney to represent you in this matter? ... www.classactionamerica.com/affiliates/ gm/myclassactionlawsuit.asp?lngCaseID=4482 - 49k -
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