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Jan 1, 1995
A glass half full, a glass half empty : the use of alternative dispute resolution in mass personal injury litigation
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.
Expert Insights
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, 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, 1986
This paper was originally presented to the National Conference of State Legislatures in Denver, Colorado, in January 1986, and in an earlier version to the Public Policy Institute in Albany, New York, in November 1985. It draws on studies of civil co...
Jan 1, 1984
This report analyzes characteristics of individual claims that explain variation in compensation and expenses.
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.
Jan 1, 1980
Plaintiff attorneys on personal injury cases are typically paid a contingent fee. Contingent fees are widely believed to induce excessive litigation and are increasingly regulated.
Press
Victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks have received at least $38.1 billion in compensation, with insurance companies and U.S. government providing more than 90 percent of payments.
