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An unspecified claim is a tort claim "where the amount to be awarded is left to the Court to determine." 〔(Her Majesty's Court Service web site )〕 〔(Lawyer Supermarket web site )〕 Examples of unspecified claims are unspecified damages for personal injuries, such as from a motor vehicle accident (MVA) or medical malpractice. Unspecified claim was previously known in the common law, especially in Britain and Pakistan, as an unliquidated claim. 〔 〔( Pakistani courts' official web site )〕 〔(Woolf Report ), search for "unspecified claim". 〕 In British tax law, an unspecified claim is also any unspecified tax liability. 〔(Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs web site )〕 Under New York civil practice, "stating a specific sum in (a) personal injury complaint" is normally barred. 〔David D. Siegel, ed., ''New York State Law Digest'', No. 568, April 2007, at 1.〕 Technically, it is not strictly prohibited, but it prevents adding additional damages to jury instructions.〔 N.Y. Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR) section 3017 (c).〕 However, under a recent New York Court of Appeals case, stating a specific sum is mandatory in Court of claims practice, so an ''unspecified claim'' "can lead to the loss of the claimant's whole case.〔D. Siegel, ed., ''New York State Law Digest'', No. 568, April 2007, at 1, citing ''Kolnacki v. State'', 8 N.Y.3d 277 (2007), pdf file at ().〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Unspecified claim」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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