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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... COMPENSATION SCHEMES AND LEGISLATED LIMITS ON LIABILITY A variety of legislative compensation schemes have been developed.107 The workers ' compensation model is useful , but modest compensation provisions combined with a failure to ...
... COMPENSATION SCHEMES AND LEGISLATED LIMITS ON LIABILITY A variety of legislative compensation schemes have been developed.107 The workers ' compensation model is useful , but modest compensation provisions combined with a failure to ...
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... compensation for those in the United States who need help difficult . A small damage award , for example , may cause loss of social welfare benefits worth more than the recovery . The Superfund Study Group proposed a two - tier system ...
... compensation for those in the United States who need help difficult . A small damage award , for example , may cause loss of social welfare benefits worth more than the recovery . The Superfund Study Group proposed a two - tier system ...
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... compensation . • The major sources of income support for those severely disabled from an occupational disease are : social security ( fifty - three per- cent ) , pensions ( twenty - one percent ) , veterans benefits ( seventeen percent ) ...
... compensation . • The major sources of income support for those severely disabled from an occupational disease are : social security ( fifty - three per- cent ) , pensions ( twenty - one percent ) , veterans benefits ( seventeen percent ) ...
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