Predictors of verdict and punitive damages in high-stakes civil litigation

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-186

  Vinson, Katherine V ^a   Costanzo, Mark A ^b   Berger, Dale E ^c  

^a Claremont McKenna College ^*  (United States)

^b CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW SUIT; LEGAL PROCEDURE; LOGIC; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INSURANCE; LIABILITY, LEGAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 42949145353     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.807     Document Type: Article

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