Study: Quayle was right ... and wrong; entitlement programs in Western Europe help accident victims avoid court

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Dan Quayle criticized the American tort system and praised Western Europe's at the Aug 1991 ABA meeting, but he neglected to mention that the more plentiful government entitlement programs and other means of compensation are what makes Western Europe's tort system work. A study of the tort systems of 10 foreign countries by Donald G. Gifford and Werner Pfennigstorf confirmed these more plentiful entitlements as the reason these countries have not suffered a tort crisis. The study's authors feel that tort reform advocates might be hesitant to offer government programs of that scope in the US.

Research, Comparative analysis, Torts, Entitlement spending

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In defense of lawyers; conservative judge challenges Quayle statistics

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Federal judge Roger Miner attacked the figures used by former Vice President Dan Quayle and his Council on Competitiveness in their arguments that lawyers have a negative impact on American business. This attack came in an Oct 1992 speech to the Assn of the Bar of the City of New York. Miner claims that the US has between 25 and 35% of the world's attorneys rather than the 70% Quayle claimed and that products liability suits have nothing to do with competitiveness, contrary to Quayle's claim.

Analysis, Attorneys, Lawyers, Product liability, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Public opinion, Products liability, International competition (Commerce), International competition (Economics), Quayle, Dan

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Helping crime's casualties; new model act says victims must be informed of rights

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The Uniform Law Commissioners have standardized various states' victims' rights laws into the Uniform Victims of Crime Act, which state legislatures must adopt for the act to become law. The states must also specify which crimes the act covers. The law has three sections: victims' rights, victims' compensation and restitution.

Laws, regulations and rules, Remedies, Victims of crimes, Crime victims, Restitution

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