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In a simple model of how courts work, changes to the diversity rule would at best be irrelevant--and at worst be harmful to both efficiency and equity to the extent that they inhibited some claims by raising plaintiffs' costs. But the evaluation is less clear when two complicating factors are taken into account. On the one hand, if significant problems of bias against out-of-state defendants exist in some local courts, an expanded diversity rule may improve efficiency and equity by circumventing those problems. Evidence about the highly disproportionate incidence of class-action suits in a small number of jurisdictions suggests that local bias may indeed be a significant problem.
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Class Action Lawsuits and Lawyers

29. Department of Justice, Tort Trials and Verdicts in Large Counties, 1996. 30. Carroll and others, Asbestos Litigation Costs and Compensation.
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Class Action Lawsuits and Lawyers

1-55. 19. Firms such as Jury Verdict Research Inc. provide data to attorneys to help them value claims on the basis of verdicts for similar cases.
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Class Action Lawsuits and Lawyers

Thus, Tillinghast uses financial data from the insurance industry to estimate insured costs for all types of policies except medical malpractice insurance. (Those costs are estimated separately using the firm's proprietary database of state-level costs, controlling for the changing mix of insured versus self-insured providers.) Finally, Tillinghast estimates self-insured costs (again, except for medical malpractice) on the basis of various specialized studies. Because of a lack of data, the estimates exclude awards and settlements that cannot be insured in particular states (such as those for contract and shareholder litigation or for punitive damages) and certain extraordinary self-insured costs, such as those of the tobacco settlements.
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Class Action Lawsuit Lawyers and Attorneys - Eli Lilly and Company ...

The Kahn Gauthier Law Group and Class Action Lawsuit Lawyers and Attorneys are ... Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina ... www.classactionamerica.com/affiliates/ gm/classactionlawsuit.asp?lngCaseID=2794 - 63k -
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