Nagareda, Richard A. <br/><br/>
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.) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> Specialized. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226567624  No price 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Torts--United States.<br/>Class actions (Civil procedure)--United States.<br/>Complex litigation--United States.<br/>Law.<br/>Jurisprudence & general issues.<br/>Law of torts, damages & compensation.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF1250  / .N34 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>346.7303