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Constitutional Law State and Federal Constitutional Law Developments Rosalie Berger Levinson 1 143 V. Contract Law 1999 Survey of Indiana Contract Law JanaK. Strain 1179 VI. Criminal Law and Procedure Recent Developments in Indiana Criminal Law and Procedure JoelM.Schumm 1197 James A. Garrard VII. Employment Law Survey of Employment Law Developments for Indiana Practitioners Susan W. Kline 1233 VIII. Indiana Appellate Procedure Recent Developments in Indiana Appellate Procedure: New Appellate Rules, a Constitutional Amendment, and a Proposal George T. Patton, Jr. Ml 5 Survey period is October 1, 1998 through September 30, 1999 (unless otherwise noted in an Article). IX. Insurance Law Survey of Recent Developments in Insurance Law Richard K. Shoultz 1311 Lisa Dillman X. Product Liability Survey of Recent Developments in Indiana Product Liability Law Joseph R. Alberts 1331 XI. Professional Responsibility Survey of the Law of Professional Responsibility Charles M. Kidd 1365 Greg N. Anderson XII. Property Law Reconstructing Property Law in Indiana: Altering Familiar Landscapes Lloyd T. Wilson, Jr. 1405 XIII. Taxation Developments in Indiana Taxation Lawrence A. Jegen, III 1455 Kendall S. Schnurpel XIV. Telecommunications Law Recent Developments in Telecommunications Law Angela D. O'Brien 1497 XV. Tort Law Recent Developments in Indiana Tort Law Tammy J. Meyer 1545 Kyle A. Lansberry XVL UCCLaw Survey of 1 999 Indiana Cases on the Uniform Commercial Code JudyL Woods 1611 XVII. Worker's Compensation 1998-1999 Brings New Developments to Indiana's Worker's Compensation Law Carol Modesitt Wyatt 1 625 ARTICLE Beyond Dead Reckoning: Measures of Medical Injury Burden, Malpractice Litigation, and Alternative Compensation Models from Utah and Colorado David M. Studdert 1643 Troyen A. Brennan Eric J. Thomas Volume 33 Number 4