Mass tort

Mass tort

A mass tort is a civil action involving numerous plaintiffs against one or a few corporate defendants in state or federal court. As the name implies a mass tort includes many plaintiffs and law firms have used the mass media to reach possible plaintiffs. Mass torts may include mass disaster torts, mass toxic torts, and (3) product liability torts.

Further reading

* Mass Torts in a World of Settlement by Richard A. Nagareda, ISBN-10: 0226567605, ISBN-13: 978-0226567600

* Estimating Future Claims: Case Studies from Mass Tort and Product Liability by Frederick D. Dunbar, Denise Martin, and Phoebus J. Dhrymes, ISBN-10: 0963624687, ISBN-13: 978-0963624680

* Individual Justice in Mass Tort Litigation by Jack B. Weinstein, ISBN-10: 0810111888, ISBN-13: 978-0810111882

* Mass Tort Litigation: Cases and Materials (American Casebooks) by Linda S. Mullenix , ISBN-10: 0314249389, ISBN-13: 978-0314249388

* Bendectin on Trial: A Study of Mass Tort Litigation by Joseph Sanders, ISBN-10: 047209601X, ISBN-13: 978-0472096015

* Report on Mass Tort Litigation by Paul V. Niemeyer (Editor), Anthony J. Scirica (Editor), ISBN-10: 0756705037, ISBN-13: 978-0756705039

For a fictional treatment of legal issues in mass torts, see The King of Torts by John Grisham, ISBN-10: 0385339658, ISBN-13: 978-0385339650.

External links

* [http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/mass_tort_litigation/ Mass Tort Litigation Blog]

* [http://druganddevicelaw.blogspot.com/2007/06/anatomy-of-mass-tort.html Anatomy of a Mass Tort]

* [http://www.abanet.org/litigation/committees/masstorts/ Mass Torts Litigation (American Bar Association)]

* [http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9021/index1.html Understanding Mass Personal Injury Litigation]

* [http://library.findlaw.com/2004/Sep/23/133580.html Cutting-Edge Approaches for Managing Mass Tort Litigation in the New Millenium (sic) ]

* [http://www.ncsconline.org/wc/CourTopics/FAQs.asp?topic=MaTort Mass Torts Frequently Asked Questions]


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