Charles wrote:
>You are probably aware that many juries ( composed largely
>on North American workers) have given such high awards
>often that the rightwing has been carrying out tort
>"reform" for a while, whereby caps are put on the amounts.
It was my understanding that many of these awards are severely reduced
on the appellate level... which does not involved juries (hence people
outside the law).
There is a buffer there, too, no?
(But you are right about the political agenda behind removing in the
initial awards.)
>Left wing lawyers (Maurice Sugar and others) played a big
>role in developing products liability law.
I do not currently know the development of product liability law. I
would imagine it came out of the early 1900s in the US. If you have any
more research, I would appreciate it. It would be helpful to put it in
context.
Ken.
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