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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... toxic agents in mass personal injury cases . English courts issued injunctions to abate public nuisances as early as ... toxic tort actions . Recently a number of courts have allowed recov- ery in toxic tort cases for a diminution in ...
... toxic agents in mass personal injury cases . English courts issued injunctions to abate public nuisances as early as ... toxic tort actions . Recently a number of courts have allowed recov- ery in toxic tort cases for a diminution in ...
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... toxic - related cases stand " at the frontier of current medical and epidemiological inquiry . " 195 The long latency peri- od of many toxic - related diseases and the lack of medical and scientific information on toxins and exposed ...
... toxic - related cases stand " at the frontier of current medical and epidemiological inquiry . " 195 The long latency peri- od of many toxic - related diseases and the lack of medical and scientific information on toxins and exposed ...
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... toxic chemical leaks . N.Y. Times , May 20 , 1985 , at D1 . In response , the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) completed and published a report on production and use of toxic chemicals in the United States . See U.S. Names 403 Toxic ...
... toxic chemical leaks . N.Y. Times , May 20 , 1985 , at D1 . In response , the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) completed and published a report on production and use of toxic chemicals in the United States . See U.S. Names 403 Toxic ...
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