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Reducing Variability in Civil Jury Awards

Reducing Variability in Civil Jury Awards The purpose of the present study was to test several procedures that could be adopted for reducing unwanted variability in civil damage awards. Four methods for providing guidance to jurors (and judges) about the distribution of awards in comparable cases were compared to each other, to a no-guidance control, and to the capping of awards at a specified maximum, which has been the most commonly legislated “solution.” The findings of this study suggest several alternative solutions that are better able than caps to solve the problem of unwanted variability in awards. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Law and Human Behavior American Psychological Association

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Publisher
American Psychological Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1997 American Psychological Association
ISSN
0147-7307
eISSN
1573-661X
DOI
10.1023/A:1024834614312
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Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to test several procedures that could be adopted for reducing unwanted variability in civil damage awards. Four methods for providing guidance to jurors (and judges) about the distribution of awards in comparable cases were compared to each other, to a no-guidance control, and to the capping of awards at a specified maximum, which has been the most commonly legislated “solution.” The findings of this study suggest several alternative solutions that are better able than caps to solve the problem of unwanted variability in awards.

Journal

Law and Human BehaviorAmerican Psychological Association

Published: Jun 1, 1997

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