Impact of Shorter Trial Periods in Medical Litigation-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Impact of Shorter Trial Periods in Medical Litigation

Published:2022-08-30 Issue:3 Volume:13 Page:301-322
ISSN:2154-4611
Container-title:Asian Journal of Law and Economics
language:en
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Author:

Kitamura Miguel (Masaru)¹,Arai Koki²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Kitamura Law Office , Tokyo , Japan

2. Faculty of Business Studies , Kyoritsu Women’s University , Tokyo , Japan

Abstract

Abstract This study examined the reasons for the decline in the plaintiff win rate in medical lawsuits in Japan since 1999. The results suggest that the decline in the plaintiff win rate is likely due to the overall shortening of trial periods. In particular, if the trial period is shortened by one month, the plaintiff win rate decreases by 1.63%. After indicating the correlation between a decrease in plaintiffs’ winning rate and a shortened trial period, this study examines the causal relationship from five perspectives and the substantive factors.

Funder

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Law,Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/ajle-2022-0056/pdf

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