Jeffrey O'Connell
Jeffrey Thomas O'Connell | |
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| Born | September 29, 1928 |
| Died | January 6, 2013 (aged 84) |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College, Harvard Law School |
| Occupation(s) | Attorney, professor of law |
| Employer | University of Virginia |
Jeffrey Thomas O'Connell (September 29, 1928 – January 6, 2013) was an American legal expert, professor, and attorney. In 1965, O'Connell and Harvard Law School professor Robert Keeton co-authored the book Basic Protection for the Traffic Victim: A Blueprint for Reforming Automobile Insurance, which created the theoretical underpinnings of no-fault law. His specialty was product liability, and he wrote numerous books about this, advocating no-fault insurance for automobiles and other products.