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Highway Robbery : The Two-Decade Battle to Reform America's Automobile Insurance System. by Kinzler, Peter.;

Cover -- Praise for Highway Robbery -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Ackowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Fifty Ways to Lose Your Recovery: So You Think Your Auto Insurance Will Protect You -- 2. "Las Vegas Has Better Odds Than That": Studies Detail the Shortcomings of the Fault System, and Support Builds for No-Fault Auto Insurance -- 3. Early Congressional Action: A Consumer Icon Goes Missing in Action (1968-1974) -- 4. How to Get a Committee Counsel Position on Capitol Hill -- 5. "I'm Just a Bill on Capitol Hill": A Primer on How to Move Legislation in the 1970s -- 6. "Van Deerlin's a Really Nice Guy, but that Kinzler's a Son of a Bitch": Early House Hearings and Chairman-Staff Relationship (1975) -- 7. The House Consumer Protection Subcommittee Reports a No-Fault Bill, Only to See the Senate Bill Falter (1975-1976) -- 8. New Key Players in the Ninety-Fifth Congress: Rep. Bob Eckhardt, Pres. Jimmy Carter, and Sen. Howard Cannon Tackle No-Fault (1977) -- 9. Eckhardt, Carter, and Cannon Support No-Fault, Only to Be Betrayed by Sen. John Durkin (June1977-June 1978) -- 10. One Last Chance: Eckhardt Rejects Late Compromise and Goes to Full Committee Markup (July 25, 1978-August 1, 1978) -- 11. Decompression, Depression, Introspection, and a Failed Effort to Secure Support for a Choice No-Fault Bill (Fall 1978) -- 12. Experience with Other Liability Reform Issues Leads to a Surprise Return to No-Fault (1981-1996) -- 13. Two Decades of Changes in State Auto Insurance Laws Fail to Fix the Major Problems -- 14. No-Fault Rises Like a Phoenix from the Ashes, Reincarnated as Auto Choice, with a Focus on Lower Premiums and Choice (1992-2004) -- 15. Let's All Change Partners and Dance Again: Political Support for Auto Choice Flip-Flops (1996-1998).16. The Rubber Hits the Road: Congressional Consideration of Auto Choice (1996-2004) -- 17. Is There Some Education in the Second Kick of a Mule? -- Afterword: Does No-Fault Have Another Turn on the Federal Agenda? -- Appendix 1: Democratic Heritage of Automobile Insurance Reform (1999) -- Appendix 2: The Benefits of the Auto Choice Reform Act for Low-Income Person (1999) -- Appendix 3: Bipartisan Heritage of Automobile Insurance Legislation: No-Fault Insurance in the 1970s and Auto Choice Proposals Today (1997) -- Appendix 4: Why Auto Choice Is Different from Other Tort Reform Issues (1999) -- Appendix 5: The Current Auto Liability Insurance System vs. the Personal Injury Protection System of Auto Choice (1999) -- Chronology -- Glossary of Players -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.In Highway Robbery Peter Kinzler delivers a fast-paced behind-the-scenes account of two federal legislative efforts twenty years apart—one from the political left and one from the right—to reform America’s auto insurance system to make it fairer and more affordable. He explains how the legislation was designed to achieve those objectives and describes the political challenge of trying to overcome the entrenched special interest opposition of those who stood to lose billions—trial lawyers and insurers—if the new no-fault system were adopted.Highway Robbery provides readers with both a primer on how fault and liability auto insurance, no-fault, and no-fault choice insurance policies work and who benefits most from which system. Peter Kinzler, with years of experience as a congressional staffer and in the private sector, is the perfect guide through these important policy and political fights, enlivened with revealing firsthand sketches of the legislators, staffers, academics, and lobbyists who played major roles in these attempts as well as their interplay with each other. Drawing upon his decades of engagement with the issues, Kinzler shows how thoughtful and skilled members of Congress, good staff, and thorough academic research can lay the groundwork for important reform legislation; in doing so he provides a model for restoring Congress’s effectiveness, whenever it chooses to resume exercising its constitutional authority as the legislative branch of government.Highway Robbery details how the trial bar used the levers of political power first to undermine state no-fault laws and then to use the weaknesses they had implemented in the laws to undermine passage of federal legislation. It also describes the surprising alliance in opposition between the trial bar and famed consumer advocate Ralph Nader. No-fault continues to hold the promise of better compensation and dramatic premium reductions, with the largest savings available to those who need them most—low- and moderate-income drivers. The most likely scenario for further federal consideration of auto insurance reform would be in the context of congressional action on universal health insurance. -- provided by publisher.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subjects: Electronic books.; Automobile insurance-Law and legislation-United States.; Law reform-United States.;

On-line resources: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kirtland-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6685213 -- Available online. Click here to access.;

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"Stick 'em up" : Michigan bank robberies of the 20s and 30s / by Powers, Tom.; Rye, Timm,cartographer.;

Includes bibliographical references."In Michigan, the roar in the "Roaring Twenties" was the deafening blast of a sawed-off shotgun or the staccato thunder of a Thompson submachine gune punctuating a bank robbery. In post WWI Michigan, a plague of ruthless desperadoes, better armed and driving faster cars than the police, cut a deadly swath across the state ranked eighth in the country for bank robberies."--Back cover.

Subjects: Bank robberies;

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Anxious people : a novel / by Backman, Fredrik,1981-author.; Smith, Neil(Neil Andrew),translator.;

Viewing an apartment normally doesn't turn into a life-or-death situation, but this particular open house becomes just that: a failed bank robber bursts in and takes everyone in the apartment hostage. As police surround the premises and television channels broadcast the hostage situation live, the eight strangers begin opening up to one another. Before long, the robber must decide which is the more terrifying prospect: going out to face the police, or staying in the apartment with this group of impossible people. -- adapted from jacket

Subjects: Black humor.; Humorous fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Hostages; Married people; Real estate agents; Bank robberies;

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Execution 13 : a hanging in Michigan / by Hopp, James L.;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-159) and index.

Subjects: Chebatoris, Anthony; Bank robberies; Hanging; Capital punishment;

© c2009, J.L. Hopp],

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The crime that binds / by Cass, Laurie,author.;

While delivering comforting reads to the citizens of Chilson, Michigan, librarian Minnie and her rescue cat Eddie, encounter Ryan Anderson, who, on the run from the police for crimes he didn't commit, needs her help in proving his innocence.

Subjects: Cozy mysteries.; Hamilton, Minnie (Fictitious character); Women librarians; Cats; Bookmobiles; Bank robberies; Murder;

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Fast and loose / by Michaels, Fern.; Merlington, Laural.;

Read by Laural Merlington."With the women of the Sisterhood away on a covert assignment, their significant others could be expected to kick back and enjoy a little drama-free downtime. But that's not the way Jack, Ted, Harry, Charles, and the rest of their comrades roll. An urgent call has come to the headquarters of their organization, BOLO Consultants. Bert Navarro, head of security for Countess Anna de Silva, suspects that Annie's deluxe casino, Babylon, is being stealthily and expertly robbed. The scheme is so ingenious that Bert can't be sure how it works ... which is why the crew is soon bound for the bright lights of Vegas to investigate."

Subjects: Love stories.; Audiobooks.; Romance fiction.; Casinos; Thieves; Robbery; Friendship; Secrets;

© ℗2016., Brilliance Audio,

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Fearless fourteen [sound recording] / by Evanovich, Janet.; King, Lorelei.nrt;

Read by Lorelei King.Produced by Laura Wilson.Personal vendettas, hidden treasure, and a monkey named Carl will send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most explosive adventure yet.

Subjects: Mystery fiction; Humorous fiction.; Audiobooks.; Plum, Stephanie (Fictitious character); Women bounty hunters; Bail bond agents; Bank robberies;

© p2008., Macmillan Audio,

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Bonnie and Clyde [videorecording] / by Newman, David,1937-2003.; Benton, Robert.; Beatty, Warren,1937-; Penn, Arthur,1922-2010.; Dunaway, Faye.; Pollard, Michael J.; Hackman, Gene.; Parsons, Estelle.; Pyle, Denver.; Taylor, Dub,1907-1994.; Evans, Evans,1936-; Wilder, Gene,1935-; Guffey, Burnett.; Strouse, Charles.; Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967); Warner Home Video (Firm); Tatira-Hiller Productions.;

DVD, region 1, digitally remastered; Dolby Digital mono.Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Denver Pyle, Dub Taylor, Evans Evans, Gene Wilder.Director of photography, Burnett Guffey ; editing, Dede Allen ; music, Charles Strouse.MPAA rating: rated R; violence; bonus material and trailer not rated.The story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who robbed banks across the country during the Depression era.Disc 1. Feature film ; special features -- Disc 2. Special features.Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Parsons) and Best Cinematography.

Subjects: Gangster films.; Biographical films.; Feature films.; Historical films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Parker, Bonnie, 1910-1934; Barrow, Clyde, 1909-1934; Gangs; Brigands and robbers; Bank robberies;

© 2008., Warner Home Video,

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Theodore Boone, the accused / by Grisham, John.;

Thirteen-year-old aspiring lawyer Theodore Boone is falsely accused in a robbery and must fight to clear his name.

Subjects: Boone, Theodore (Fictitious character); Robbery; Malicious accusation; Courts; Lawyers; Courts; Stealing; Mystery and detective stories.;

© 2013, ©2012., Puffin Books,

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Love and death among the cheetahs / by Bowen, Rhys,author.;

Includes bibliographical references.Georgie is excited when Darcy announces out of the blue that they are flying to Kenya for their extended honeymoon. It is only after they arrive that she suspects he has actually been sent there on an assignment. She tries not to be angry, because she is, after all, in paradise! They are picked up in Nairobi and taken to a lovely house in Happy Valley-the center of upper-class English life there. Darcy finally confides that there have been some spectacular robberies in London and Paris, and it is suspected that the thief was a member of the aristocracy and may have fled to Kenya. Georgie is shocked at the completely decadent lifestyle that involves wild parties and rampant infidelity. One of the leading lights in the community, Lord Cheriton, makes a play for Georgie. She rebuffs him. Then he is found dead along a lonely stretch of road. At first it seems to be a lion attack.

Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Rannoch, Georgie (Fictitious character); Murder; Rich people; Women spies; Honeymoons; Newlyweds; British; Robbery investigation;

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