The Liability Century

Insurance and Tort Law from the Progressive Era to 9/11

Kenneth S. Abraham

    Preface

    Introduction

    1. The Dawn of a New Era

    2. The Original Tort Reform: Workers Compensation

    3. Drivers, Lawyers, and Insurers: A Costly Combination

    4. Medical Malpractice Liability and the Health Insurance System: The Physicians' Dilemma

    5. Products Liability, Environmental Liability, and the Long Tail

    6. Which Came First, the Liability or the Insurance?

    7. Collateral Sources, Mega-Liability, and the Stresses of 9/11

    8. Recurring Themes, Sobering Constraints

    Notes

    Index

  • Cover: The Liability Century
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Kenneth S. Abraham is David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Virginia.