Jan. 25, 2014
Neutral data to derail discriminatory damage awards
By limiting a plaintiff's damages awards based upon race and gender, courts are institutionalizing discrimination.
Brian S. Kabateck
Founding and Managing Partner
Kabateck LLP
Consumer rights
633 W. Fifth Street Suite 3200
Los Angeles , CA 90071
Phone: 213-217-5000
Email: bsk@kbklawyers.com
Brian represents plaintiffs in personal injury, mass torts litigation, class actions, insurance bad faith, insurance litigation and commercial contingency litigation. He is a former president of Consumer Attorneys of California.
Levi M. Plesset
Milstein, Adelman, Jackson, Fairchild & Wade LLPEmail: lplesset@mjfwlaw.com
Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA
"A brakeman is not always a brakeman. A white brakeman is a brakeman; but a negro brakeman is most likely only a negro." - Smith R. Brittingham, "The Claim Agent and His Work: Investigation and Settlement of Claims for Personal Injuries."
The proliferation of railroads across America around the turn of the century invited thousands of lawsuits against railroad companies and served to form our nation's tort doctrine and practice - including Palsgraf. Racial disparities surfa...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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