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Jan 1, 1994
The civil justice system has not responded well to the challenge of handling mass torts, and many innovations have been proposed to improve processing of these cases.
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Jan 1, 1992
Summarizes the scope of asbestos litigation in the United States, the response of the civil justice system to date, and the obstacles to efficient and equitable resolution of asbestos-related personal injury claims.
Jan 1, 1989
Since the early 1980s, thinking about mass toxic torts has changed dramatically, and a consensus has emerged calling for substantial modifications in traditional court processes to improve the efficiency and equity of the mass claims resolution proce...
Jan 1, 1988
Presents the Institute for Civil Justice's (ICJ) agenda for a program of research on mass tort litigation, and the results of ICJ work to date.
Jan 1, 1987
The research suggests that discrepancies among the statistics on tort litigation can be explained by the fact that there is no longer, if there ever was, a single tort system.
Jan 1, 1985
This report presents the results of a study of how the civil justice system has dealt with the challenges presented by asbestos litigation.
Jan 1, 1983
This report examines the money spent to resolve asbestos-related injury lawsuits: who pays it, who receives it, and for what purposes.
