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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... responsible for events , technology , and products that cause masses of people to suffer death , disability , and large proper- ty losses . These disasters are routine in the sense that they are bound to occur the only questions are ...
... responsible for events , technology , and products that cause masses of people to suffer death , disability , and large proper- ty losses . These disasters are routine in the sense that they are bound to occur the only questions are ...
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... responsible national scientific groups such as the Ameri- can Academy of Science and the Centers for Disease Control as well as a specialist in such fields as statistics to undertake the gathering of scien- tific data needed in ...
... responsible national scientific groups such as the Ameri- can Academy of Science and the Centers for Disease Control as well as a specialist in such fields as statistics to undertake the gathering of scien- tific data needed in ...
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... responsibility to study the matter and try to educate . Sometimes quick and " cheap shot " sensationalism ... responsible and useful . 57. See , e.g. , Communities Control Better than Courts , Newsday , July 6 , 1993 , at 61 ...
... responsibility to study the matter and try to educate . Sometimes quick and " cheap shot " sensationalism ... responsible and useful . 57. See , e.g. , Communities Control Better than Courts , Newsday , July 6 , 1993 , at 61 ...
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