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353-390. In addition, Lisa Dubay and coauthors found in one study that areas with a high risk for medical malpractice claims tended to have a higher incidence of cesarean births, but without significantly better birth outcomes. In another study, they found a lower incidence of prenatal care in areas with a high risk for medical malpractice claims. See Dubay and others, "The Impact of Malpractice Fears on Cesarean Section Rates," Journal of Health Economics, vol.
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Beisner and Jessica Davidson Miller, Class Action Magnet Courts: The Allure Intensifies, Civil Justice Report No. 5 (New York: Center for Legal Policy, Manhattan Institute, July 2002). Some observers argue that state courts in general are biased against large corporate defendants; see, for example, Robert J. MacCoun, "Differential Treatment of Corporate Defendants by Juries: An Examination of the "Deep-Pockets" Hypothesis," Law & Society Review, vol.
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That problem arises from errors in assigning liability: if injurers were held responsible for all of (and only) the injuries that they truly caused, they would have no opportunities to reduce expected liability costs without reducing actual risks. A commonly cited example is "defensive medicine," in which medical professionals conduct low-value procedures in hopes of avoiding the costs and stigma of being sued.
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: National Academy of Social Insurance, July 2003), p. 6. 6. Depending on the state, workers' compensation requires employers to purchase insurance from either private sources or a public insurance fund, unless they can prove the ability to self-insure.
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