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That figure represented 2.04 percent of gross domestic product--the largest share among the 12 industrialized countries that Tillinghast investigated.(5) Of that amount, 46 percent constituted transfer payments to plaintiffs: 22 percent for economic damages and 24 percent for noneconomic damages. The other 54 percent represented true costs: transaction (procedural) costs for plaintiffs' attorneys (19 percent), defense costs (14 percent), and insurance companies' administrative costs (21 percent).
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Tort liability works by aligning the private benefits of accident avoidance with the social benefits. Markets for products may also lead firms to internalize the costs of accidents when consumers are well informed about the products and the risks of injuries do not fall on third parties. 8. See the discussion in Priest, "The Modern Expansion of Tort Liability," pp.
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org/publications/DB/DB397/DB397.pdf. 28. Another factor contributing to the concern has been a recent surge in new asbestos cases.
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S. Constitution, treaties, or acts of Congress. Diversity of citizenship cases are those in which no plaintiff and no defendant are citizens of the same state and at least one plaintiff seeks $75,000 or more in damages. 23.
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