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June 21, 2012
Professor Charles Silver’s research on tort reform reveals no cost savings to Medicare
A group of researchers including Charles M. Silver, the Roy W. and Eugenia C. MacDonald Endowed Chair in Civil Procedure at the School of Law, recently completed a study that found no evidence that “tort reform” for medical malpractice has resulted in cost savings. The study’s results, “Will Tort Reform Bend the Cost Curve? Evidence […] -
April 9, 2012
Sundance Film Festival documentary Hot Coffee to be screened at Law School April 12, 2012
The Law School will host a screening of Hot Coffee, a Sundance documentary film about the McDonald’s hot coffee case, Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants, and its aftermath, on Thursday, April 12, 2012. -
December 22, 2010
Malpractice lawsuits study by Professors Bill Sage and Charles Silver cited in the New York Times
A study cowritten by two Law School professors, William Sage and Charles Silver, "Do the Elderly Fare in Medical Malpractice Litigation, Before and After Tort Reform? Evidence from Texas, 1988-2007," was cited in a recent New York Times article about the effects of Texas's tort reform laws on lawyers and patients.
