CRM/LAW C101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Tort Reform, Structural Inequality, Punitive Damages
5 Jun 2019
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Identification questions -> pick 4 out of the 6 or 7 choices presented. Same length but have more time to take it (2 hours instead of 1 hour 20 min) Blue books will be provided for final. Review session: monday, june 10th 5-6pm sbsg from 3260. Concepts from early on will appear again but content will focus on material from after first exam. Berk will have extra office hours on monday for any follow-up questions. Tort reform movement wanted to make specific changes to the law & structures that hurt ability of plaintiffs to seek justice through lawsuits. Prevent even legitimate injuries from accessing the system. Tort tales lead to belief that person themselves is responsible for their injuries. Abel explains that when cut through this tort reform propaganda we come up with a very different picture of civil justice. *we don"t have an epidemic of lawsuits but rather an epidemic of injuries with structural causes (empirically speaking)
