Dean's Address

FOOTNOTES

1. Prosser and Keeton, The Law of Torts, p. 9

2. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. v, Haslip, 111 S.Ct. 1032 (199 1).

3. Ibid 1035.

4. Owen, The Moral Foundations of Punitive Damages, 40 Ala.L.Rev. 705.

5. Ibid.

6. Rustad & Koenig, "Selling the Record Straight About Skyrocketing Punitive Damage Awards in Products Liability. An Empirical Study of the Last Quarter Century of Verdicts"

7. Silkwood v. Kerr‑McGee, 464 U.S. 238, 255, 104 S.Ct. 615, 625, 878 L.Ed.2d 443 (1984).

8. 3 W Blackstone Commentaries 138.

9. Genay v. Norris, 1 S.C. L. (I Bay) 6 1784

10. Day v. Woodworth, 13 How. 363,14 L.Ed. 181 (1852).

11. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Haslip, 111 S.Ct. 1032 at 1043 (1991).

12. Ibid, at 1043.

13. Ibid, at 1047.

14. T. Sedgwick, Measure ofDamages 522 (4th ed. 1898).

15. Ibid, at 35.

16. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Haslip, 111 S.Ct. 1032 (199 1).

17. Ibid, at 1047.

18. Fay v, Parker, 53 N.H. 342, 382 (1873).

19. Luther v, Shaw. 157 Wis. 234, 238, 147 N.W 18, 19‑20 (1914).

20. Silkwood v. Kerr‑McGee Corp., 464 U.S. 238, 255, 104 S.Ct. 6151 625, 78 L.Ed.2d 443 (1984)

2 1. Pacific Mutual Life Insuran ce Co. v. Haslip, 111 S. C t. 10 3 2 (19 9 1).

22. Ibid, at 1043.

23. Ibid, at 1043.

24. Ibid, at 1043.

25. Ibid, at 1046.

26. Browning‑fierris Industries v. Kelco, 492 U.S. 257, 109 S.Ct. 2909,

106 L.Ed. 2d 219 at 242 (1989).

27. L. Gordon Crovitz, "The Litigation Explosion and Quayle's Time Bomb, "The Wall Street Journal, May 15, 1991 at Al 5.

28. Former Vice President Danford Quayle quoted in Karen Riley,"Administration Backs Revisions in Product Liability Law," Washington Times, at D‑ 10 (December 1, 1989)

29. Ibid.

30. Deborah Hensler, Taking Aim at the American Legal System: The       Council on Competitiveness Agenda for Legal Reform, Judicature p.4,Feb.‑ March 1992

31. Ibid, P. 1.

32. Vidmar, "The Unfair Criticism of Medical Malpractice Juries", judicature, 76:118‑124, October‑November 1992.

33. Ibid.

34. Ibid.

35. Newsweek August 26, 199 1.

36. Rustad & Koenig, Setting the Record Straight About Skyrocketing Punitive Damage Awards in Products Liability: An Empirical Study of the Last Quarter Century of Verdicts.

40. Rustad & Koenig, Setting the Record Straight About Skyrocketing Punitive Damage Awards in Products liability. An Empirical Study of the Last Quarter Century of Verdicts. p. 36.

41. General Accounting Office, GAO Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Product Liability: Verdicts and Case Resolution in Five States, 2 (1989).

42. Rustad, Demystifying Punitive Damages in Products Liability Cases: A Survey of a Quarter Century of Trial Verdicts, P. 38, 199 1, The Roscoe Pound Foundation.

43. International Society of Barrister, Vol. 26, No. 3, p. 378.

44. "Bush Campaign Tapping Voter Disdain for Lawyers", The Dallas Morning News, Aug. 29, 1992.

45. State Court Case Load Statistics: Annual Report 1990, A Joint Effort of Conference of State Court Administrators, the State Institute, and the National Center for State Courts' Court Statistic Project.

46. U. S. Industrial Outlook 1992, Department of Commerce, p. 43‑2.

47. "Medical Costs Studied", The Dallas Morning News, July 10, 1992.

48. Ibid.

49. Ibid.