scholarly journals The Tobacco Agreement That Went up in Smoke: Defining the Limits of Congressional Intervention into Ongoing Mass Tort Litigation

1999 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Gabriela Bianchini
Keyword(s):  
Mass Tort ◽  
Tort Litigation

scholarly journals COMPENSATION OF CIVIL PROCEDURE COSTS IN MASS TORT LITIGATION

2018 ◽  
pp. 069
Author(s):  
Ana Lukić Vidojković
Keyword(s):  
Civil Procedure ◽  
Mass Tort ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
Tort Litigation ◽  
Litigation Cost ◽  
Legal Consequences

This paper examines the legal consequences of mass tort litigation where the amount of damages is multiple times lower than the litigation cost. In the context of current judicial practice, the author observes this phenomenon from the aspect of prohibition of abuse of rights, and offers proposals for improving the existing regulation in order to effectively prevent the abuse of rights.

The Legal and Insurance Dynamics of Mass Tort Litigation

1984 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 475-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Epstein
Keyword(s):  
Mass Tort ◽  
Tort Litigation

CANADIAN REFLECTIONS ON THE TOBACCO WARS: SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUE5NCES OF MASS TORT LITIGATION

2004 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 579-604
Author(s):  
Jeff Berryman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Class Action ◽  
Large Impact ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Mass Tort ◽  
Class Actions ◽  
Tort Litigation ◽  
Mass Torts

During the 1990s many Commonwealth legislatures enacted ‘class action’ or ‘representative proceedings’ legislation.1The main justification for these initiatives was to increase access to justice for claimants particularly where the injury was widespread but the harm suffered by any particular individual was small. Much of this legislation built on developments in the United States, which had developed a sizable jurisprudence in the area. ‘Mass torts’, those defined as having a large impact engaging multiple claimants, have often formed the cause of action in US class actions. A review of the website ‘Big Class Actions‘,2which lists over one hundred current suits in the United States, is instructive on how the class action industry has grown in that country.

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