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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... fund for the benefit of hundreds of thousands of claimants . In the Agent Orange case the court exercises a modest degree of supervision allowing those administering the funds nearly complete discretion , plus reporting , under ...
... fund for the benefit of hundreds of thousands of claimants . In the Agent Orange case the court exercises a modest degree of supervision allowing those administering the funds nearly complete discretion , plus reporting , under ...
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... FUNDS AND DistribuTION PLANS 1. GENERALLY Faced with huge numbers of claimants and limited funds , we can no longer afford to grant every toxic tort plaintiff the option of going to trial . Nor can we continue to allow the plaintiffs ...
... FUNDS AND DistribuTION PLANS 1. GENERALLY Faced with huge numbers of claimants and limited funds , we can no longer afford to grant every toxic tort plaintiff the option of going to trial . Nor can we continue to allow the plaintiffs ...
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... funds for his own expenses . Oral statement of Judge Samuel C. Pointer , Jr. , at the 26th Transferee Judges Conference , Palm Beach , Fla . , Oct. 6 , 1993 . Coordinating state and federal cases is vital , but judges ' expenses should ...
... funds for his own expenses . Oral statement of Judge Samuel C. Pointer , Jr. , at the 26th Transferee Judges Conference , Palm Beach , Fla . , Oct. 6 , 1993 . Coordinating state and federal cases is vital , but judges ' expenses should ...
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