LLT Lab: Comp-MAL Project

There are two types of objectives for the Lab’s Comparative Medical Accident Liability (“Comp-MAL”) Project:

• First, to comparatively investigate the rule systems and evidence assessment patterns in medical malpractice cases in the United States and Italy;
• Second, to develop protocols for using the default-logic framework to investigate legal decisions in two different legal systems involving two different natural languages.

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In the case of Young v. United States, the federal District Court was required to apply California substantive law, and the California “Locality Rule” played an important role in deciding the case.

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