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88 Calif. L. Rev. 2403 (2000)
A Century of Change in Personal Injury Law

handle is hein.journals/calr88 and id is 2419 raw text is: A Century of Change in Personal Injury Law Stephen D. Sugarmant TABLE OF CONTENTS I. The Transformation of Personal Injury Law Doctrine.....................2406 A. The Failure of Strict Liability to Take Hold ..........................2406 B. The Consolidation of the Principle of Defendant Liability Based on Fault ............................................................2407 II. The Increase in the Ability and Willingness of People to Sue for Personal Injuries.........................................................................2409 A. Changed Cultural Meaning Attached to Suing for Personal Injury .........................................................................................2409 B. A Better and More Specialized Plaintiff's Bar..........................2410 C. Advertising and Promotion........................................................2411 D. Availability of Expert Witnesses...............................................2412 E. Growth in Liability Insurance....................................................2412 F. An Increase in the Sums Obtainable for Pain and Suffering.....2413 G. An Apparent Much-Increased Willingness to Engage in Fraud to Collect a Tort Award...................................................2413 III. The Narrowing of the Role of Tort Law Because of Its Perceived Inadequacy ......................................................................2414 A. Work Injuries Substantially Replaced with Workers' Compensation............................................................................2414 B. Auto Injuries Partially Replaced by No-Fault Schemes............2415 C. The Eclipse of Tort as the Vehicle for Dealing with Other Policy Problems.........................................................................2416 IV. The Changing Pattern of Accidental Injuries and Death from 1900 to 2000.....................................................................................2417 A . T hen ...........................................................................................2417 B. Now............................................................................................2419 V. The Dramatic Change in Alternative Compensation Schemes........2421 Copyright © 2000 California Law Review, Inc. California Law Review, Incorporated (CLR) is a California nonprofit corporation. CLR and the authors are solely responsible for the content of their publications. t Agnes Roddy Robb Professor of Law, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, (Boalt Hall). 2403

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