Pain and suffering awards for consumer product accidents: Effects of suggesting day-rate information

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 843-847

  Laughery, Kenneth R ^a   Paige, Danielle ^a   Bean, Richard N ^b   Wogalter, Michael S ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ERGONOMICS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PRODUCT LIABILITY;

LITIGATIONS; PAIN AND SUFFERING AWARDS;

CONSUMER PRODUCTS;

EID: 0442326510     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/154193120104501106     Document Type: Conference Paper

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