"Pursuing "Deep Pockets

Insurance-Related Issues in Judicial Settlement Work

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2365138
AutoresStacy Lee Burns (Loyola Marymount University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2004
Volumen33
Número2
Páginas111-153
Fecha de publicación2004-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Contemporary Ethnography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0891-2416 • E-ISSN: 1552-5414
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0891241603261751
OpenAlexW2162709894
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas25

This article considers how the civil litigation and mediation process work in practice and highlights the interactional and discursive practices by which settlement activities are coordinated and managed. The research examines settlement work in a perspicuous large money damage case involving insurance issues and what complications emerge in relation to these issues. The analysis focuses on how the judge-mediator organizes settlement activities in light of the available insurance, by seeking settlement contributions first from insurance sources ("primary pockets" and "deep pockets") and only as a last resort from the personal assets ("personal pockets") of the uninsured defendants. The study finds that the settlement work is insurance-infused and details how the pursuit and defense of insurance "deep pockets" are central to the negotiations and the positions of the parties in the case

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