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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... future claimants against a limited fund , no compensation.65 The asbestos cases present these conflicts most clearly . Those with advanced cancer want their cases pressed first and most strongly . Clients with generally less serious ...
... future claimants against a limited fund , no compensation.65 The asbestos cases present these conflicts most clearly . Those with advanced cancer want their cases pressed first and most strongly . Clients with generally less serious ...
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... future claimants be included in rather than excluded from the community of those the courts recognize as harmed and in need . " Blind adherence to FIFO coupled with 100 percent payment of present claims is unjust . A system that ...
... future claimants be included in rather than excluded from the community of those the courts recognize as harmed and in need . " Blind adherence to FIFO coupled with 100 percent payment of present claims is unjust . A system that ...
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... future claimants in class action context ) . In most mass tort cases to date , much as in our dealings with the federal budget deficit , the rights of future claimants have been determined not by an attempt to discern what they want ...
... future claimants in class action context ) . In most mass tort cases to date , much as in our dealings with the federal budget deficit , the rights of future claimants have been determined not by an attempt to discern what they want ...
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