Who Pays for Car Accidents? - The Fault Versus No-Fault Insurance Debate

Informationen zum Autor Jerry J. Phillips is W.P. Toms Professor of Law and Walter W. Bussart Distinguished Professor of Tort Law at the University of Tennessee College of Law. Stephen Chippendale is an associate at the law firm of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in Washington, D.C., and served as Deputy General Counsel to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign. Klappentext In this new volume, two lawyers debate which kind of automobile insurance is the best, no-fault or tort liability. This book presents in one place all the legal, political, historical, and financial arguments about the two types of auto insurance.Under the fault system currently used by thirty-seven states, tort law provides that the party at fault in the accident pays the full damages of accident victims. Jerry J. Phillips favors this system, arguing that it allows for fair compensation to the injured and deters drivers from dangerous behavior on the road. Stephen Chippendale counters this claim with the argument that tort-law based insurance combines high cost and low benefits, and that those who truly profit from it are the lawyers representing injured clients, while their claims clog up the court system. Zusammenfassung Presents various legal! political! historical! and financial arguments about the two types of auto insurance.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Chippendale, Chippendale Stephen, Estate Of Jerry J Phillips, Estate of Jerry J. Phillips, Estate of Jerry J. Chippendale Phillips, Jerry J. Phillips, Jerry J. Chippendale Phillips
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2001
• EAN: 9780878408870
• ISBN: 978-0-87840-887-0
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Controversies in Public Policy Series; Controversies in Public Policy series; Controversies in Public Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Insurance / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation, United States of America, USA, Transport industries, Insurance & actuarial studies, Insurance and actuarial studies, Road Transport Industries