The laws justification for awarding damages in the first case is that the mans injury was the fault of someone else while in the second case damages are denied because nobody was at fault in this searching critique of the present law and practice relating to damages professor patrick atiyah shows that this system is in fact a lottery he . The laws justification for awarding damages in the first case is that the mans injury was the fault of someone else while in the second case damages are denied because nobody was at fault in this searching critique of the present law and practice relating to damages professor patrick atiyah shows that this system is in fact a lottery he contends that the public are paying far too much . The damages lottery p sati yah formerly professor of english law university of oxford ohart publishing oxford 1997. The damages lottery 1st edition by ps atiyah and publisher hart publishing save up to 80 by choosing the etextbook option for isbn 9781847314277 1847314279 the print version of this textbook is isbn 9781901362060 190136206x. The damages lottery author ps atiyah publisher bloomsbury publishing isbn category law page 216 view 977 download now a man slips on a dance floor and breaks his leg he recovers damages a child has both legs amputated as a result of meningitis and is awarded nothing the laws justification for awarding damages in the first case is that the mans injury was the fault of