Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act Ballot Initiative for Cost of Living Adjustment

Medical negligence claims are of increasing concern to surgeons. Although noneconomic damage awards in California are limited by the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) law to $250,000, the total amount of such settlements can increase significantly based on claims for economic damages. We reviewed negligence litigation involving California surgeons to determine outcomes and monetary awards through retrospective review of surgical malpractice cases published in a legal journal. This review was limited to actions involving general surgeons. Such litigation was voluntarily reported by either defense's or plaintiff's counsel at the conclusion of the litigation. Data reviewed included alleged damages incurred by the plaintiff; plaintiff's pre-trial settlement demand, plaintiff or defense verdict, use of alternate means of resolution such as arbitration or mediation, and total monetary award to the plaintiff. A total of 69 cases were reported over a 20-month period: 32 (46%) were plaintiffs’ verdicts, whereas 37 (54%) were in favor of the surgeon. Only 10 (31%) of the plaintiff verdicts were by jury trial, whereas the rest were settled by pretrial agreement, mediation, or arbitration. Of cases settled by alternate dispute resolution, the median settlement was $820,000 (n = 22) compared with a median jury trial award of $300,000 (n = 10).

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No-fault approaches to medical injury may improve care quality over the current malpractice litigation environment

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e556692006-017 ◽

2001 ◽

Keyword(s):

Care Quality ◽

Malpractice Litigation ◽

Medical Injury

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Japanese Alarmed by Rising Cost of Living

Far Eastern Survey ◽

10.1525/as.1937.6.6.01p03864 ◽

1937 ◽

Vol 6 (6) ◽

pp. 65-66

Author(s):

M. S. F.

Keyword(s):

Cost Of Living

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Relationship Between Level of Income and Method of Contribution and Appointment of Islamic Waqf Bank as an Agent in Collecting Waqf Fund

Journal of Emerging Economies and Islamic Research ◽

10.24191/jeeir.v2i2.9621 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 15

Author(s):

Muhammad Ridhwan Ab. Aziz ◽

Mohd Asyraf Yusof ◽

Fuadah Johari ◽

Hisham Sabri

Keyword(s):

Support Services ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Financial Institution ◽

The Other ◽

Strong Tendency ◽

Trust Fund ◽

Cost Of Living ◽

Good Education ◽

Unique Structure ◽

The Relationship

Receiving a good education helps empower people knowledge, thus making them strong enough to look after themselves in any given situation. It keeps oneself aware of given surrounding as well as the rules and regulations of the society they living in. Moreover, the technology that we use today is a result from the advancement and improvement of education. On the other hand Islamic waqf bank is a special designed financial institution in Islam. This bank will benefit the student and also their parents, due to its unique structure that could finance students‟ education in term of fees and cost of living. Islamic waqf bank uses the concept of cash waqf in terms of funding the education. While cash waqf is a trust fund established with money to support services for mankind‟s benefits in the name of Allah. The objective of this article is to examine the relationship between level of income and contribution method of cash waqf fund in Islamic waqf bank as well as the appointment of an agent in collecting waqf fund in Islamic waqf bank. The methodology of this research is a quantitative research towards 287 respondents among Muslim public in this country. The general finding of this article shows that, with proper contribution method and the appointment of Islamic waqf bank as an agent in collecting the cash waqf fund, there is a strong tendency that the Islamic waqf bank‟s operation will be run effectively.

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PREREQUISITES FOR THE FORMATION OF A MECHANISM FOR STATE REGULATION OF SOCIAL GUARANTEES IN THE REGION

International scientific journal Internauka Series Economical Sciences ◽

10.25313/2520-2294-2020-9-6287 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Vitaly Lobas ◽

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Elena Petryaeva ◽

Keyword(s):

Social Protection ◽

Well Being ◽

State Regulation ◽

The State ◽

Point Of View ◽

Periodic Review ◽

Cost Of Living ◽

Economic Relations ◽

State Management ◽

The Cost

The article deals with modern mechanisms for managing social protection of the population by the state and the private sector. From the point of view of forms of state regulation of the sphere of social protection, system indicators usually include the state and dynamics of growth in the standard of living of the population, material goods, services and social guarantees for the poorly provided segments of the population. The main indicator among the above is the state of the consumer market, as one of the main factors in the development of the state. Priority areas of public administration with the use of various forms of social security have been identified. It should be emphasized that, despite the legislative conflicts that exist today in Ukraine, mandatory indexation of the cost of living is established, which is associated with inflation. Various scientists note that although the definition of the cost of living index has a well-established methodology, there are quite a lot of regional features in the structure of consumption. All this is due to restrictions that are included in the consumer basket of goods and different levels of socio-economic development of regions. The analysis of the establishment and periodic review of the minimum consumer budgets of the subsistence minimum and wages of the working population and the need to form state insurance funds for unforeseen circumstances is carried out. Considering in this context the levers of state management of social guarantees of the population, we drew attention to the crisis periods that are associated with the market transformation of the regional economy. In these conditions, there is a need to develop and implement new mechanisms and clusters in the system of socio-economic relations. The components of the mechanisms ofstate regulation ofsocial guarantees of the population are proposed. The deepening of market relations in the process of reforming the system of social protection of the population should be aimed at social well-being.

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