The Financial Impact of Automobile Accidents

Abstract

Nearly thirty years have passed since the "Columbia Study" surveyed the financial impact of automobile accidents in America.' The Study's findings and proposals are familiar: the pattern of compensation included large areas of economic waste and others of economic * This article is the product of a project undertaken within the aegis of the University of Pennsylvania Law School's Institute of Legal Research with the splendid help of six student researchers and Dr.

Empirical Legal Studies Before 1940: A Bibliographic Essay

“…1959), the pretrial settlement conference study (Rosenberg 1964), studies of Supreme Court decision making (Kort 1957, 1966; Pritchett 1948; Schubert 1959, 1963, 1965; Snyder 1958), studies of the legal profession (Carlin 1962, 1966; Johnstone & Hopson 1967; Smigel 1964; Zander 1968), studies of compensation for injuries suffered in auto accidents (Connard et al. 1964; Hunting & Neuwirth 1962; Linden 1965; Morris & Paul 1962), and studies of the lower courts (Dolbeare 1967; Green 1961; Jacob 1969). Many of these studies of the 1950s and 1960s have framed research agendas that continue to this day.…”

“…Cyril Glasser was extremely helpful in regard to trying to locate research from the United Kingdom. 1 studies of compensation for injuries suffered in auto accidents (Connard et al 1964;Hunting & Neuwirth 1962;Linden 1965;Morris & Paul 1962), and studies of the lower courts (Dolbeare 1967;Green 1961;Jacob 1969). Many of these studies of the 1950s and 1960s have framed research agendas that continue to this day.…”

Empirical Legal Studies Before 1940: A Bibliographic Essay

“…Of course empirical research on law and legal processes predate law and society and law and economics, with a number of wellknown studies that were conducted in the 1950s and early 1960s. These mid-century projects include the American jury project (Kalven and Zeisel 1971), 1 the commercial arbitration study (Mentschikoff 1952;Mentschikoff 1961), the court delay study (Zeisel and Callahan 1963;Zeisel, Jr., and Buchholz 1959), the pretrial settlement conference study (Rosenberg 1964), studies of Supreme Court decision making (Kort 1957;Kort 1966;Pritchett 1948;Schubert 1959;Schubert 1963;Schubert 1965;Snyder 1958), studies of the legal profession (Carlin 1962;Carlin 1966;Johnstone and Hopson 1967;Smigel 1964;Zander 1968), studies of compensation for injuries suffered in auto accidents (Connard, Morgan, Pratt, Voltz, and Bombaugh 1964;Hunting and Neuwirth 1962;Linden 1965;Morris and Paul 1962), and studies of the lower courts (Dolbeare 1967;Green 1961;Jacob 1969). Many of these studies of the 1950s and 1960s have framed research agendas that continue to this day.…”