Overview

The traditional definition of torts involves bizarre, idiosyncratic events where a single plaintiff with a physical impairment sues the specific defendant he believes to have wrongfully caused that malady. Yet public attention has focused increasingly on mass personal-injury lawsuits over asbestos, cigarettes, guns, the diet drug fen-phen, breast implants, and, most recently, Vioxx. Richard A. Nagareda's ""Mass Torts in a World of Settlement"" is the first attempt to analyze the lawyer's role in this world of high-stakes, multibillion-dollar litigation. These mass settlements, Nagareda argues, have transformed the legal system so acutely that rival teams of lawyers operate as sophisticated governing powers rather than litigators. His controversial solution is the replacement of the existing tort system with a private administrative framework to address both current and future claims. This book is a must-read for concerned citizens, policymakers, lawyers, investors, and executives grappling with the changing face of mass torts.

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"""An ambitious, informative, and insightful book.... The topic is significant, the organization is sound, the research is solid, and the central argument is original and important."" - Howard M. Erichson, Seton Hall Law School"""

""An ambitious, informative, and insightful book.... The topic is significant, the organization is sound, the research is solid, and the central argument is original and important."" - Howard M. Erichson, Seton Hall Law School""

An ambitious, informative, and insightful book.... The topic is significant, the organization is sound, the research is solid, and the central argument is original and important. - Howard M. Erichson, Seton Hall Law School

Author Information

Richard A. Nagareda is professor of law at Vanderbilt University Law School, where he holds the Tarkington Chair in Teaching Excellence and is the director of the Cecil D. Branstetter Litigation Dispute Resolution Program.

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