Determinants of the decision to appeal against motor bodily injury settlements awarded by Spanish trial courts

Miguel Santolino ()
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Miguel Santolino: Faculty of Economics, University of Barcelona

No 200814, IREA Working Papers from University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics

Abstract: Automobile bodily injury disputes represent one of the main causes of litigation faced by Spanish Courts. In this paper a multinomial model is implemented to analyse which factors determine the decision to appeal against the verdicts of trial courts. Use of a dataset of motor insurance claims revealed differences between the determinants of a claimant’s decision to appeal and those of insurers. Among other results it is shown that discrepancies regarding the permanent disability sustained affect the insurer’s decision to appeal. In contrast, the claimant pays more attention to differences in the stated temporary disability. Conclusions are drawn regarding which factors could reduce the percentage of appealed cases.

Keywords: Traffic accidents; litigation; legislative compensation system; multinomial logit. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2008-10, Revised 2008-10
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