no-fault insurance

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1. A type of automobile liability insurance that tries to cut the cost of insurance by restricting the legal grounds on which suits arising out of accidents can be brought. Most payments are made without determining legal responsibility, which is most often the reason for going to court.

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no-fault insurance

In 2019 Michigan’s GOP Legislature and Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pared back their no-fault insurance regime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

Florida, one of a dozen states with no-fault insurance laws, mandates that drivers carry at least $10,000 in PIP coverage.

From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 10, 2011

Since Massachusetts pioneered compulsory no-fault insurance at the state level in 1971, the idea has won the support of consumer groups, labor unions and a growing number of insurance companies.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1970 Calabresi stamped his own mark on the law with the publication of The Costs of Accidents, a major contribution to the growth of no-fault insurance laws.

From Time Magazine Archive

Columbia Law Professor Abraham Sofaer believes that the increase of plea bargaining, no-fault insurance, smaller juries and non-unanimous verdicts are all signs of an erosion of "classical notions of Anglo-Saxon justice."

From Time Magazine Archive