Class Action

Stier on Issue Preclusion in Mass Torts
Our Mass Tort Lit Blog colleague, Byron Stier, has posted on Bepress Another Jackpot (In)Justice: Verdict Variability and Issue Preclusion in Mass Torts. The piece is essentially part II to Stier's similarly titled article on mass tort class actions...

Nagareda on Mass Tort Litigation
In a new featured column at PointofLaw, Richard Nagareda (Vanderbilt) argues that resolution of mass torts requires a reconception of the attorney-client relationship and the role of the civil tort system: What is needed for mass torts is a corresponding...

Chief Justice Lambert forms Mass Tort and Class Action Litigation Committee to safeguard against potential abuses in tort litigation
Feb. 7, 2008 Chief Justice Joseph E. Lambert has appointed 12 Kentucky attorneys to a committee that will study mass tort and class action litigation cases and develop recommendations for the Supreme Court of Kentucky...

The mass-tort statute of limitation game
The running of a knowable and definite statute of limitations on mass tort claims, such as those of prescription drug injury, is important not only for defendants but also for many plaintiffs who file timely claims, because it is common...

Brickman: of 1 million mass tort claims, 90% came from mass screenings
We've discussed Lester Brickman's important work on rampant fraud and misdiagnosis in asbestos, silicosis and fen-phen mass screenings, and now the Cardozo lawprof is out with an SSRN paper entitled "The Use of Litigation Screenings in Mass Torts: A Formula...

Ohio Supreme Court and tort law, cont'd
In a new paper for the Washington Legal Foundation (PDF), Bruce Mandel and James Kline of Ulmer & Berne commend the court for its greater deference to the legislature's role in shaping tort law (via Stier/Mass Tort Prof)...

Texas, USA
alleging the Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform Act of 2003 violates several provisions of the Constitution.