Mass torts in a world of settlement [electronic resource] /
Nagareda, Richard A.
Mass torts in a world of settlement [electronic resource] / Richard A. Nagareda. - Chicago, [Ill.] ; London : University of Chicago Press, c2007. - 1 online resource (xx, 324 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Specialized.
9780226567624 No price
Torts--United States.
Class actions (Civil procedure)--United States.
Complex litigation--United States.
Law.
Jurisprudence & general issues.
Law of torts, damages & compensation.
KF1250 / .N34 2007
346.7303
Mass torts in a world of settlement [electronic resource] / Richard A. Nagareda. - Chicago, [Ill.] ; London : University of Chicago Press, c2007. - 1 online resource (xx, 324 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Specialized.
9780226567624 No price
Torts--United States.
Class actions (Civil procedure)--United States.
Complex litigation--United States.
Law.
Jurisprudence & general issues.
Law of torts, damages & compensation.
KF1250 / .N34 2007
346.7303