The Papers of Jeffrey O'Connell1951-1987 MSS 84-3 MSS.84.3 The Papers of Jeffrey O'Connell MSS 84-3
The Papers of Jeffrey O'Connell
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Identification MSS.84.3
Title The Papers of Jeffrey O'Connell 1951-1987
URL: https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/ark:/59853/132821
Quantity 21 Cubic Feet, 45 archival boxes, plus 3 cartons
Quantity 3 items, Cartons
Creator
O'Connell, Jeffrey, 1928-2013
Language
English
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Abstract This collection includes research materials and clippings, professional and personal correspondence, publishing and editing
material for many books, and information on O'Connell's method for public speaking. In the latter category are numerous letters
to and from presidential candidates and their staffs, including Jimmy Carter, Edmund Muskie, Michael Dukakis, and Gary Hart.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Papers of Jeffrey O'Connell were donated to the Law Library in May of 1984 by Jeffrey O'Connell.
Jeffrey O'Connell was a specialist in accident and insurance law, and co-author of the principal work that proposed no-fault
insurance. O'Connell designed an "early offers" plan where businesses facing personal injury lawsuits could promptly pay
injured parties for out-of-pocket medical expenses and lost wages.
After O'Connell graduated from Harvard Law School, he was a trial lawyer in Boston with the firm of Hale & Dorr. He came to
the University of Virginia in 1980, after 16 years at the University of Illinois. He also taught at the University of Iowa
and was a visiting professor at Northwestern University, the University of Michigan, Southern Methodist University, the University
of Texas at Austin, the University of Washington, and Oxford and Cambridge universities in England. He was the recipient of
Guggenheim fellowships in 1973 and 1979. In 1989, he was the Thomas Jefferson Visiting Fellow at Downing College, Cambridge
University and, in 1991, the John Marshall Harlan Visiting Distinguished Professor at New York Law School. In 1992 he received
the Robert B. McKay Award for Tort and Insurance Scholarship from the American Bar Association.
O'Connell served on the board of directors of Consumers Union, the Educational Advisory Board of the John Simon Guggenheim
Memorial Foundation, and the Medical and Safety Committee of the NCAA.
He wrote or co-wrote 12 books dealing with accident law, published dozens of articles on tort and insurance law, and lectured
extensively throughout the United States and the world.
Professor O'Connell died 6 January 2013.
MSS 84-3 contains the professional papers of Jeffrey O'Connell, Love Professor of Law at the University of Virginia. O'Connell's
primary field of research wasis insurance law. In 1964-1965, he was associate director of the Study of Proposed Improvements
in the Automobile Personal Injury Claims System at Harvard, where, with Judge Robert E. Keeton, he established the principle
of no-fault insurance, the "Basic Protection Plan." O'Connell's more recent projects include applying this principle to other
areas of tort law, such as athletic injuries.
Accident law -- United States
Carter, James Earl, Jr.
Dukakis, Michael
Hart, Gary
Law -- Study and teaching
Liability insurance -- United States
Muskie, Edmund, 1914-1996
No-fault automobile insurance -- Law and legislation
O'Connell, Jeffrey, 1928-2013
Personal injuries
Carter, James Earl, Jr.
Dukakis, Michael
Hart, Gary
Muskie, Edmund, 1914-1996
O'Connell, Jeffrey, 1928-2013
Mixed Materials [35007007674363] MSS 84-3, Box 1
Correspondence: A-V
1979
Scope and Contents
[24 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674371] MSS 84-3, Box 2
Correspondence: W-Z
1979
Scope and Contents
[2 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674371] MSS 84-3, Box 2
Correspondence: A-Z
1980
Scope and Contents
[9 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674371] MSS 84-3, Box 2
Correspondence: A-C
1981
Mixed Materials [35007007674389] MSS 84-3, Box 3
Correspondence: D-Z
1981
Scope and Contents
[8 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674397] MSS 84-3a, Box 4
After Cars Crash [Correspondence]
1967
Mixed Materials [35007007674397] MSS 84-3a, Box 4
Agnew Article by JO'C
1972
Mixed Materials [35007007674397] MSS 84-3a, Box 4
"Auto Insurance--The Trial Lawyer's Vietnam"--speech
[1972?]
Mixed Materials [35007007674397] MSS 84-3a, Box 4
Basic Protection Plan--Harvard Job
1963-5
Mixed Materials [35007007674397] MSS 84-3a, Box 4
BPP--Memos
1964-8
Mixed Materials [35007007674397] MSS 84-3a, Box 4
BPP--Miscellaneous
1966
Mixed Materials [35007007674397] MSS 84-3a, Box 4
BPP--JO'C's Diary
1964-8
Mixed Materials [35007007674397] MSS 84-3a, Box 4
BPP--Outside Conferences
1963-4
Scope and Contents
(2 folders)
Mixed Materials [35007007674405] MSS 84-3a, Box 5
BPP--Statutes
1964-8
Mixed Materials [35007007674405] MSS 84-3a, Box 5
Car Insurance and Consumer Desires--Working Files
1968-70
Mixed Materials [35007007674405] MSS 84-3a, Box 5
Conference--University of Illinois
[1969?]
Mixed Materials [35007007674405] MSS 84-3a, Box 5
Correspondence--Carleton Chapman
1977
Mixed Materials [35007007674405] MSS 84-3a, Box 5
Crisis In Car Insurance--Working Files
1969
Mixed Materials [35007007674405] MSS 84-3a, Box 5
Ending Insult to Injury--Working Files
1973-5
Scope and Contents
[2 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674405] MSS 84-3a, Box 5
HR 5400 [Health Care Act]
1982-4
Mixed Materials [35007007674405] MSS 84-3a, Box 5 Mixed Materials [35007007674413] MSS 84-3a, Box 6
The Injury Industry--Working Files
1968-9
Scope and Contents
[10 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674421] MSS 84-3a, Box 7 Mixed Materials [35007007674439] MSS 84-3a, Box 8
The Lawsuit Lottery--Working Files
1974-9
Scope and Contents
(16 folders)
Mixed Materials [35007007674439] MSS 84-3a, Box 8
Libel Insurance
1966-70
Mixed Materials [35007007674439] MSS 84-3a, Box 8
Parade Magazine
1979
Mixed Materials [35007007674439] MSS 84-3a, Box 8
Payment for Pain and Suffering--Working Files
1973-6
Scope and Contents
(2 folders)
Mixed Materials [35007007674439] MSS 84-3a, Box 8
Personal (University of Illinois)
1964
Mixed Materials [35007007674439] MSS 84-3a, Box 8
"Plain Talk Policy"
1976-9
Scope and Contents
[2 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674447] MSS 84-3a, Box 9
Practicing Law Institute
1977-9
Scope and Contents
[2 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674447] MSS 84-3a, Box 9
Press Releases
1966-79
Scope and Contents
[4 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674447] MSS 84-3a, Box 9
Ruedlinger--Student Insurance
1983
Mixed Materials [35007007674447] MSS 84-3a, Box 9
Sole Remedies
1977
Mixed Materials [35007007674454] MSS 84-3, Box 10
Taming the Automobile (Working File)
n.d.
Mixed Materials [35007007674454] MSS 84-3, Box 10
Torts--Miscellaneous 1976; Torts--Reform (Article Draft)
1976-7
Mixed Materials [35007007674454] MSS 84-3, Box 10
Traffic Safety--Speeches and Press Releases
1966
Mixed Materials [35007007674454] MSS 84-3, Box 10
Traffic Safety--Speeches and Notes
[1960s]
Mixed Materials [35007007674470] MSS 84-3c, Box 12
Correspondence: A-M
1976
Scope and Contents
[13 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674488] MSS 84-3c, Box 13
Correspondence: Mc-Z
1976
Scope and Contents
[15 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674488] MSS 84-3c, Box 13
Correspondence: A-B
1977
Scope and Contents
[2 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674496] MSS 84-3c, Box 14
Correspondence: C-K
1977
Scope and Contents
[9 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674504] MSS 84-3c, Box 15
Correspondence: L-Z
1977
Scope and Contents
[18 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674512] MSS 84-3c, Box 16
Correspondence: A-L
1978
Scope and Contents
[13 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674520] MSS 84-3c, Box 17
Correspondence: M-Z
1978
Scope and Contents
[20 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674538] MSS 84-3c, Box 18
Correspondence: A-M
1983
Scope and Contents
[12 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674546] MSS 84-3c, Box 19
Correspondence: N-Y
1983
Scope and Contents
[12 folders]
Mixed Materials MSS 84-3c, Box 20
Correspondence: A-H
1984
Scope and Contents
[8 folders]
General
Incomplete barcode
Mixed Materials [35007007674561] MSS 84-3c, Box 21
Correspondence: Hoff-N
1984
Scope and Contents
[8 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674579] MSS 84-3c, Box 22
Correspondence: O-V
1984
Scope and Contents
[10 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674587] MSS 84-3c, Box 23
Correspondence: W-Z
1984
Scope and Contents
[3 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674587] MSS 84-3c, Box 23
Correspondence: A-D
1985
Scope and Contents
[5 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674595] MSS 84-3c, Box 24
Correspondence: E-I
1985
Scope and Contents
[6 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674603] MSS 84-3c, Box 25
Correspondence: J-O
1985
Scope and Contents
[10 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674611] MSS 84-3c, Box 26
Correspondence: O'Connell-S
1985
Scope and Contents
[11 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674629] MSS 84-3c, Box 27
Correspondence: U-Z
1985
Scope and Contents
[6 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674629] MSS 84-3c, Box 27 Mixed Materials [35007007674637] MSS 84-3c, Box 28
Speaking Engagements
1967-79
Scope and Contents
[6 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674637] MSS 84-3c, Box 28 Mixed Materials [35007007674645] MSS 84-3c, Box 29
Speaking Fees and Expenses
1967-79
Scope and Contents
[2 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674645] MSS 84-3c, Box 29
Speech Material
1968-79
Scope and Contents
[4 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674652] MSS 84-3c, Box 30
No-Fault Mailing Lists
1973-74
Scope and Contents
[3 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674652] MSS 84-3c, Box 30
No-Fault Public Opinion
1968-70
Mixed Materials [35007007674660] MSS 84-3c, Box 31
No-Fault--Schemel v. General Motors
1966
Mixed Materials [35007007674660] MSS 84-3c, Box 31
Memorabilia: Clippings
1955-71
Mixed Materials [35007007674660] MSS 84-3c, Box 31
Memorabilia: Miscellaneous
n. d.
Mixed Materials [35007007674660] MSS 84-3c, Box 31
Memorabilia: Photographs
n.d.
Scope and Contents
[2 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674660] MSS 84-3c, Box 31
Miscellaneous: Oxford Course
1972
Mixed Materials [35007007674660] MSS 84-3c, Box 31
Miscellaneous: Readings
1954-63
Mixed Materials [35007007674678] MSS 84-3d, Box 32
Correspondence: A-C
1986
Scope and Contents
[6 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674686] MSS 84-3d, Box 33
Correspondence: D-H
1986
Scope and Contents
[7 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674694] MSS 84-3d, Box 34
Correspondence: I-M
1986
Scope and Contents
[8 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674702] MSS 84-3d, Box 35
Correspondence: M-R
1986
Scope and Contents
[10 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674710] MSS 84-3d, Box 36
Correspondence: Ruedlinger-V
1986
Scope and Contents
[7 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674728] MSS 84-3d, Box 37
Correspondence: W-Z
1986
Scope and Contents
[2 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674728] MSS 84-3d, Box 37
Airforce: O'Connell
1951-66
Scope and Contents
[2 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674728] MSS 84-3d, Box 37
Atiyah Memos and File
1983-84
Mixed Materials [35007007674728] MSS 84-3d, Box 37
Basic Protection Contract
1966
Mixed Materials [35007007674728] MSS 84-3d, Box 37
Congressmen in Cabinet
1972-3
Mixed Materials [35007007674736] MSS 84-3d, Box 38
Evaluations: Illinois
1967-78
Mixed Materials [35007007674736] MSS 84-3d, Box 38
Grover Article: Earlier Drafts
1986
Scope and Contents
[2 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674736] MSS 84-3d, Box 38
HALT M/M Brochure
1986-87
Mixed Materials [35007007674736] MSS 84-3d, Box 38
Harper and James MS (galleys)
n.d.
Mixed Materials [35007007674744] MSS 84-3d, Box 39
Series of articles re accident compensation in New Zealand and Australia
1974
Mixed Materials [35007007674744] MSS 84-3d, Box 39
Speaking Engagements: Expenses
1980-83
Mixed Materials [35007007674744] MSS 84-3d, Box 39
Speaking Engagements
1985-86
Mixed Materials [35007007674744] MSS 84-3d, Box 39
Speech Coaching
1972-73
Mixed Materials [35007007674744] MSS 84-3d, Box 39
Speech Coaching Memoranda and Correspondence
1976-77
Mixed Materials [35007007674744] MSS 84-3d, Box 39
Van Yahres
1983-84
Scope and Contents
[2 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674751] MSS 84-3e, Box 40
ACOG Handouts: August '85 Meeting
1985
Mixed Materials [35007007674751] MSS 84-3e, Box 40
Aerospace Industries Association
1975-76, 1982
Scope and Contents
[2 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674751] MSS 84-3e, Box 40
Beech Aircraft
1977-78
Mixed Materials [35007007674751] MSS 84-3e, Box 40
Consultative Panel
1963-64
Mixed Materials [35007007674769] MSS 84-3e, Box 41
Cooney Project
1982
Mixed Materials [35007007674769] MSS 84-3e, Box 41
Elective No-Fault: Diary
1972-76
Mixed Materials [35007007674769] MSS 84-3e, Box 41
European Travel Expenses
1970
Mixed Materials [35007007674769] MSS 84-3e, Box 41
Faculty Reports re JO'C
1965-82
Mixed Materials [35007007674769] MSS 84-3e, Box 41
J.K Galbraith Book Review by JO'C
1971, 1973
Mixed Materials [35007007674769] MSS 84-3e, Box 41
Grants
1979, 1981-82
Mixed Materials [35007007674769] MSS 84-3e, Box 41
Guggenheim
1979-80
Mixed Materials [35007007674769] MSS 84-3e, Box 41
Holtom, Robert
1985-86
Mixed Materials [35007007674769] MSS 84-3e, Box 41
Hospital Corp. of America [M/M Conference]
1984
Mixed Materials [35007007674769] MSS 84-3e, Box 41
House of Truth
1982, 1985-86
Mixed Materials [35007007674777] MSS 84-3e, Box 42
The Injury Industry: Marketing
1971
Mixed Materials [35007007674777] MSS 84-3e, Box 42
The Injury Industry: UI Press Edition
1971
Mixed Materials [35007007674777] MSS 84-3e, Box 42
Israel Trip [May 15-26, 1971]
1971
Mixed Materials [35007007674777] MSS 84-3e, Box 42
Kemper Insurance Co. Workshop and Statements of Expenses
1966-67
Mixed Materials [35007007674777] MSS 84-3e, Box 42
Kemper Insurance Companies
1978
Mixed Materials [35007007674777] MSS 84-3e, Box 42
Lawsuit Lottery: Free Press Misc
1958, 1966, 1968, 1977-78
Mixed Materials [35007007674777] MSS 84-3e, Box 42
Lawsuit Lottery: Marketing
1971, 1979
Mixed Materials [35007007674777] MSS 84-3e, Box 42
Lawsuit Lottery: Misc
1977-78
Mixed Materials [35007007674777] MSS 84-3e, Box 42
Marcus, Rudy
1966
Mixed Materials [35007007674777] MSS 84-3e, Box 42
Marsh and McLennan
1982-83
Mixed Materials [35007007674777] MSS 84-3e, Box 42
Medical: J. O'Connell
1969
Mixed Materials [35007007674777] MSS 84-3e, Box 42
Medical Malpractice: Michigan
1974-78
Mixed Materials [35007007674785] MSS 84-3e, Box 43
Newborn Screening MS: ABA
1984
Mixed Materials [35007007674785] MSS 84-3e, Box 43
No-Fault: Washington Monthly
1986
Mixed Materials [35007007674785] MSS 84-3e, Box 43
Pain and Suffering History
1983
Mixed Materials [35007007674785] MSS 84-3e, Box 43
Pennsylvania No-Fault
1982
Mixed Materials [35007007674785] MSS 84-3e, Box 43
Press Releases
1967
Mixed Materials [35007007674785] MSS 84-3e, Box 43
Press Releases: Offers
1985
Mixed Materials [35007007674785] MSS 84-3e, Box 43
Quebec
1985-87
Mixed Materials [35007007674785] MSS 84-3e, Box 43
Recreational Injuries
1975, 1977, 1980
Mixed Materials [35007007674785] MSS 84-3e, Box 43
Ruedlinger: Sports Injuries, Misc
1981-83
Mixed Materials [35007007674793] MSS 84-3e, Box 44
Speaking Engagements: Expenses
1985
Mixed Materials [35007007674793] MSS 84-3e, Box 44
Speaking Engagements: Old Material
1987
Mixed Materials [35007007674793] MSS 84-3e, Box 44
Today Show
1977
Mixed Materials [35007007674793] MSS 84-3e, Box 44
Torts Notes
1973
Mixed Materials [35007007674793] MSS 84-3e, Box 44
Torts Notes, Extra Class Notes
1980
Scope and Contents
[2 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674793] MSS 84-3e, Box 44
Two-Year Law School
1979
Mixed Materials [35007007674801] MSS 84-3e, Box 45
Two-Year Law School [clippings]
1979
Mixed Materials [35007007674801] MSS 84-3e, Box 45
University Matters [Illinois]
1964-79
Mixed Materials [35007007674801] MSS 84-3e, Box 45
White House Ceremony
1966
Mixed Materials [35007007674801] MSS 84-3e, Box 45
Writing Ideas
1966-78
Scope and Contents
[8 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674819] MSS 84-3f, Box 46
Correspondence: A-D
1987
Scope and Contents
[5 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674827] MSS 84-3f, Box 47
Correspondence: E-H
1987
Scope and Contents
[5 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674827] MSS 84-3f, Box 47
Correspondence: John S. Hoff
1987
Mixed Materials [35007007674835] MSS 84-3f, Box 48
Correspondence: I-M
1987
Scope and Contents
[6 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674835] MSS 84-3f, Box 48
Correspondence: Richard Merrill
1987
Mixed Materials [35007007674835] MSS 84-3f, Box 48
Correspondence: N
1987
Mixed Materials [35007007674843] MSS 84-3f, Box 49
Correspondence: O
1987
Mixed Materials [35007007674843] MSS 84-3f, Box 49
Correspondence: Brian O'Connell
1987
Mixed Materials [35007007674843] MSS 84-3f, Box 49
Correspondence: Paul O'Connell, Jr
1987
Mixed Materials [35007007674843] MSS 84-3f, Box 49
Correspondence: Tom O'Connell
1987
Mixed Materials [35007007674843] MSS 84-3f, Box 49
Correspondence: Other O'Connells
1987
Mixed Materials [35007007674843] MSS 84-3f, Box 49
Correspondence: P-R
1987
Scope and Contents
[2 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674843] MSS 84-3f, Box 49
Correspondence: Ruedlinger
1987
Mixed Materials [35007007674843] MSS 84-3f, Box 49
Correspondence: S
1987
Scope and Contents
[2 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674850] MSS 84-3f, Box 50
Correspondence: T-Z
1987
Scope and Contents
[5 folders]
Mixed Materials [35007007674868] Artifact: MSS 84-3g, Carton 1
Miscelleneous Correspondence. Unprocessed
Mixed Materials [35007007674876] Artifact: MSS 84-3g, Carton 2
Miscelleneous Correspondence. Unprocessed
Mixed Materials [35007007674884] Artifact: MSS 84-3g, Carton 3
Miscelleneous Correspondence. Unprocessed
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