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Author: Jack B. Weinstein
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9780810111882
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDocumenting a prominent jurist's efforts, a collection of case studies examines his successes with Vietnam veteran exposure to Agent Orange, asbestos, and DES and repetitive stress syndrome, describes current legal attitudes, and recommends compassionate alternatives.
Author: Elizabeth Chamblee Burch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-05-16
Total Pages: 293
ISBN-13: 1108416977
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresenting twenty-two years of multidistrict litigation data, this book exposes a systematic lack of checks and balances in our courts.
Author: Courtney Ward-Reichard
Publisher:
Published: 2021-09-07
Total Pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9781641056656
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA useful guide for attorneys of all levels of experience to most phases of mass tort cases.
Author: Richard A. Nagareda
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008-09-15
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 0226567621
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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. These mass settlements, Nagareda argues, have transformed the legal system so acutely that rival teams of lawyers operate as sophisticated governing powers rather than litigators. His controversial solution is the replacement of the existing tort system with a private administrative framework to address both current and future claims. This book is a must-read for concerned citizens, policymakers, lawyers, investors, and executives grappling with the changing face of mass torts.
Author: John C. Coffee
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2015-06-08
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 0674736796
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn class actions, attorneys effectively hire clients rather than act as their agent. Lawyer-financed, lawyer-controlled, and lawyer-settled, this entrepreneurial litigation invites lawyers to act in their own interest. John Coffee’s goal is to save class action, not discard it, and to make private enforcement of law more democratically accountable.
Author: Linda S. Mullenix
Publisher:
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781634606813
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Author: Jay Tidmarsh
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 116
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Timothy Lytton
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2006-11-27
Total Pages: 446
ISBN-13: 0472032119
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first comprehensive analysis of recent lawsuits against gun makers
Author: S. Elizabeth Gibson
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 178
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William Haltom
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009-11-15
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 0226314693
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn recent years, stories of reckless lawyers and greedy citizens have given the legal system, and victims in general, a bad name. Many Americans have come to believe that we live in the land of the litigious, where frivolous lawsuits and absurdly high settlements reign. Scholars have argued for years that this common view of the depraved ruin of our civil legal system is a myth, but their research and statistics rarely make the news. William Haltom and Michael McCann here persuasively show how popularized distorted understandings of tort litigation (or tort tales) have been perpetuated by the mass media and reform proponents. Distorting the Law lays bare how media coverage has sensationalized lawsuits and sympathetically portrayed corporate interests, supporting big business and reinforcing negative stereotypes of law practices. Based on extensive interviews, nearly two decades of newspaper coverage, and in-depth studies of the McDonald's coffee case and tobacco litigation, Distorting the Law offers a compelling analysis of the presumed litigation crisis, the campaign for tort law reform, and the crucial role the media play in this process.
