Mass torts in a world of settlement / Richard A. Nagareda.
2007
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Mass torts in a world of settlement / Richard A. Nagareda.
Imprint
Chicago, [Ill.] ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2007]
Copyright
©2007
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1 online resource (xx, 324 pages)
Series
University Press Scholarship Online.
Summary
The traditional definition of torts involves bizarre, idiosyncratic events where a single plaintiff with a physical impairment sues the specific defendant he believes to have wrongfully caused that malady. Yet public attention has focused increasingly on mass personal-injury lawsuits over asbestos, cigarettes, guns, the diet drug fen-phen, breast implants, and, most recently, Vioxx. Richard A. Nagareda's 'Mass Torts in a World of Settlement' is the first attempt to analyze the lawyer's role in this world of high-stakes, multibillion-dollar litigation.
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The traditional definition of torts involves bizarre, idiosyncratic events where a single plaintiff with a physical impairment sues the specific defendant he believes to have wrongfully caused that malady. Yet public attention has focused increasingly on mass personal-injury lawsuits over asbestos, cigarettes, guns, the diet drug fen-phen, breast implants, and, most recently, Vioxx. Richard A. Nagareda's 'Mass Torts in a World of Settlement' is the first attempt to analyze the lawyer's role in this world of high-stakes, multibillion-dollar litigation.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Print version
Language
English
ISBN
9780226567624 ebook
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