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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... hundred people and received hundreds of telephone and writ- ten communications . He was struck by the deep emotional underpin- nings of the litigation . The fact that the science did not support a viable cause of action did not warrant ...
... hundred people and received hundreds of telephone and writ- ten communications . He was struck by the deep emotional underpin- nings of the litigation . The fact that the science did not support a viable cause of action did not warrant ...
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... hundred thousand claims made on the Manville Asbestos Trust to date , and hundreds of thousands more likely , the matter is not insignificant . In the Agent Orange case , more than a half million telephone calls have been logged , and ...
... hundred thousand claims made on the Manville Asbestos Trust to date , and hundreds of thousands more likely , the matter is not insignificant . In the Agent Orange case , more than a half million telephone calls have been logged , and ...
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... hundreds and sometimes thousands of clients . Moreover , in the asbestos litigation , the Rand study found that most plaintiffs become clients through mass , bureaucratic intake procedures , often facilitated by unions or disease ...
... hundreds and sometimes thousands of clients . Moreover , in the asbestos litigation , the Rand study found that most plaintiffs become clients through mass , bureaucratic intake procedures , often facilitated by unions or disease ...
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