Asbestos litigation
Asbestos litigation is the longest-running mass tort litigation in U.S. history. Through 2002, approximately 730,000 individuals have brought claims against some 8,4000 business entities, and defendants and insurers have spent a total of $70 billion on litigation. This reports on what happened to th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Santa Monica, CA
RAND
2005, 2005
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Asbestos litigation is the longest-running mass tort litigation in U.S. history. Through 2002, approximately 730,000 individuals have brought claims against some 8,4000 business entities, and defendants and insurers have spent a total of $70 billion on litigation. This reports on what happened to those who have claimed injury from asbestos, what happened to the defendants in those cases, and how lawyers and judges have managed the cases |
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| Item Description: | "MG-162-ICJ." |
| Physical Description: | xxxv, 170 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781283597296 9780833030788 0833030787 6613909742 9786613909749 0833040537 1283597292 |