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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... decisions offer a means of adequate control ; the tort systems of individual countries are practically useless in ... decisions and committing all the parties on one side of the case to carrying out those decisions . This requirement ...
... decisions offer a means of adequate control ; the tort systems of individual countries are practically useless in ... decisions and committing all the parties on one side of the case to carrying out those decisions . This requirement ...
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... decisions concerning the objectives of the representation . ' Dispositive decisions , such as whether to enter a guilty plea or accept a settlement , are for the client.10 The theory of dispute resolution by adversarial proceeding is ...
... decisions concerning the objectives of the representation . ' Dispositive decisions , such as whether to enter a guilty plea or accept a settlement , are for the client.10 The theory of dispute resolution by adversarial proceeding is ...
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... decisions are more readily withdrawn . Com- pare , e.g. , IBM Credit Corporation v . United Home for Aged Hebrews ... decision ) . The Court of Appeals has not , in my opinion , sufficiently considered the efficiency of having one ...
... decisions are more readily withdrawn . Com- pare , e.g. , IBM Credit Corporation v . United Home for Aged Hebrews ... decision ) . The Court of Appeals has not , in my opinion , sufficiently considered the efficiency of having one ...
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