Tort Reform

Explore RAND’s Work on this Topic

Skip to results

8 Results

number of items to display at a time

Research

Nov 23, 2015

How Does Tort Law Affect Consumer Auto Insurance Costs?

Using data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey and a differences-in-differences research design, this article examines whether any of several common state-level modifications to tort law affect consumer costs for auto insurance.
Research

Oct 1, 2014

The Effect of Malpractice Reform on Emergency Department Care

Many believe that fear of malpractice lawsuits drives physicians to order otherwise unnecessary care and that legal reforms could reduce such wasteful spending.
Research

Jan 1, 2014

Medical Malpractice Reform: Noneconomic Damages Caps Reduced Payments 15 Percent, with Varied Effects by Specialty

The impact of medical malpractice reforms on the average size of malpractice payments in specific physician specialties is unknown and subject to debate.
Research Summary

Jan 1, 1987

Tort Reform...How Will We Know Whether It "Worked"? A Summary of Research Results, 1987

New data collection systems must be put into place before we can know how soon to expect changes, whether tort reform influenced outcomes, and whether tort reform affected economic behavior or injuries.
Research

Jan 1, 1987

Assessing the Effects of Tort Reforms

This report offers a framework for assessing the effects of tort reforms. It attempts to provide a coherent structure for systematically thinking about how research can contribute to the policy debate over tort reform.
Research

Jan 1, 1987

Trends in Tort Litigation: The Story Behind the Statistics

The research suggests that discrepancies among the statistics on tort litigation can be explained by the fact that there is no longer, if there ever was, a single tort system.
Expert Insights

Jan 1, 1986

Some observations on the need for tort reform

This paper was originally presented to the National Conference of State Legislatures in Denver, Colorado, in January 1986, and in an earlier version to the Public Policy Institute in Albany, New York, in November 1985. It draws on studies of civil co...
Expert Insights

Jan 1, 1986

The Effects of Tort Reforms on the Frequency and Severity of Medical Malpractice Claims: A Summary of Research Results

This paper, originally presented as testimony before the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate, reviews the results of three studies on the frequency and severity of medical malpractice claims.

Tort Reform

Tort Reform

Explore RAND’s Work on this Topic

Error

How Does Tort Law Affect Consumer Auto Insurance Costs?

The Effect of Malpractice Reform on Emergency Department Care

Medical Malpractice Reform: Noneconomic Damages Caps Reduced Payments 15 Percent, with Varied Effects by Specialty

Tort Reform...How Will We Know Whether It "Worked"? A Summary of Research Results, 1987

Assessing the Effects of Tort Reforms

Trends in Tort Litigation: The Story Behind the Statistics

Some observations on the need for tort reform

The Effects of Tort Reforms on the Frequency and Severity of Medical Malpractice Claims: A Summary of Research Results

Oops! An unexpected error has occurred.

RAND Headquarters

Federally Funded Research Divisions

Social and Economic Policy Divisions

International

Tort Reform

Tort Reform

Explore RAND’s Work on this Topic

Error

How Does Tort Law Affect Consumer Auto Insurance Costs?

The Effect of Malpractice Reform on Emergency Department Care

Medical Malpractice Reform: Noneconomic Damages Caps Reduced Payments 15 Percent, with Varied Effects by Specialty

Tort Reform...How Will We Know Whether It "Worked"? A Summary of Research Results, 1987

Assessing the Effects of Tort Reforms

Trends in Tort Litigation: The Story Behind the Statistics

Some observations on the need for tort reform

The Effects of Tort Reforms on the Frequency and Severity of Medical Malpractice Claims: A Summary of Research Results

Oops! An unexpected error has occurred.