Individual Justice in Mass Tort Litigation: The Effect of Class Actions, Consolidations, and Other Multiparty DevicesNorthwestern University Press, 1995 - 367 من الصفحات One of the most prominent of contemporary jurists, Judge Jack B. Weinstein has influenced substantive and procedural aspects of the law of mass tort litigation. He has helped create efficient yet compassionate solutions to problems resulting from Vietnam veterans' exposure to Agent Orange and to the health hazards associated with asbestos and DES. |
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... Agent Orange case and LILCO class actions , I used similar peregrinations to keep in touch with claimants in fairness hearings . The court can , when necessary , use television , conference calls , or electronic mail to conduct national ...
... Agent Orange case and LILCO class actions , I used similar peregrinations to keep in touch with claimants in fairness hearings . The court can , when necessary , use television , conference calls , or electronic mail to conduct national ...
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... Agent Orange case as an example . In administer- ing the funds available from the settlement , I have tried to take matters of claimant distress into account . For example , the disbursing agency , at my direction , has operated a large ...
... Agent Orange case as an example . In administer- ing the funds available from the settlement , I have tried to take matters of claimant distress into account . For example , the disbursing agency , at my direction , has operated a large ...
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... Agent Orange would be different today . See , e.g. , Keith Schneider , 2 Decades After Toxic Blast in Italy , Several Cancers Show Rise , N.Y. Times , Oct. 26 , 1993 , at B6 ( “ Overall the results are reassuring . . dioxin is not a ...
... Agent Orange would be different today . See , e.g. , Keith Schneider , 2 Decades After Toxic Blast in Italy , Several Cancers Show Rise , N.Y. Times , Oct. 26 , 1993 , at B6 ( “ Overall the results are reassuring . . dioxin is not a ...
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