David Schap () (Department of Economics, College of the Holy Cross) Andrew Feeley (Department of Economics, College of the Holy Cross)
Abstract
The collateral source rule is a common law norm that permits recovery of accident-related damages from both the victim’s insurer and the injurer. Many jurisdictions have modified the rule through statutory reform during the last twenty-five years. Forensic economists in assessing damages need to be aware of the variations in the application of the rule in the jurisdictions in which they practice. The authors present a tabular summary of the statutory variations that exist in the collateral source rule across state jurisdictions and the detailed status of the statutory modifications to the rule for each state.
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Paper provided by College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number
0605.