Accidental Justice: The Dilemmas of Tort Law

by Peter A. Bell and Jeffrey O'Connell

Book Overview

A woman suffers paralyzing injuries in a car accident but fails in court to prove the other driver's fault. She loses her case and is left bankrupt as well as maimed. An intoxicated man stumbles in the path of a subway train. He sues the local transit authority and wins a $9 million judgment. Real-life tort (or accident) cases like these inspire outrage against a system that seems frustratingly slow, inequitable, and expensive. In this even-handed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300078579
• ISBN13: 9780300078572
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.2"