Juries revalue wrongful deaths; lawyers say panels are rendering larger damage verdicts to survivors

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Several new trends have become apparent in wrongful death verdicts, say experts. These include awarding as much or more for wrongful death as for severe injury, and higher awards for the deaths of children and those with high expected lifetime earnings. Some plaintiffs' attorneys consider higher awards a statistical anomaly, and say jurors are reluctant to pay 'blood money' that will not bring the victim back. Sometimes egregious wrongdoing can influence the verdict, and many awards are effectively symbolic.

Analysis, Economic aspects, Verdicts, Wrongful death, Limitation of damages, Limitations of damages

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Keeping a hand in: lawyers' holiday reading

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Books by and for lawyers abound on publishers' lists, with selections of fiction, nonfiction, and technology-related how-to offered. New novels include George Dawes Green's The Juror, Kate Ross's A Broken Vessel, and Lisa Scottoline's Running From the Law. Nonfiction titles cover privacy, employment trends in an information economy, investment companies and oversight, constitutional rights, and specific cases indicative of the legal system. Others address use of Lexis and finding legal resources.

Evaluation, Legal literature

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