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Title Asbestos litigation / Stephen J. Carroll [and others].

Imprint Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2005.
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Description 1 online resource (xxxv, 170 pages) : illustrations
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Description data file
Note "MG-162-ICJ."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-170).
Contents Injuries from asbestos exposure -- Asbestos litigation dynamics -- Claimants and defendants -- Costs and compensation -- Bankruptcies -- Implications for the future.
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.
Note Print version record.
Language English.
Subject Products liability -- Asbestos -- United States.
Asbestos industry -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Actions and defenses -- United States.
Responsabilité du fait des produits -- Amiante -- États-Unis.
Actions et défenses -- États-Unis.
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
LAW -- Civil Law.
Actions and defenses
Asbestos industry -- Law and legislation
Products liability -- Asbestos
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Added Author Carroll, Stephen J., 1940-
In: Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR
Other Form: Print version: Asbestos litigation. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2005 (DLC) 2005012235
ISBN 9780833040527 (electronic bk.)
0833040529 (electronic bk.)
9781601290038 (electronic bk.)
1601290039 (electronic bk.)
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9781283597296
9780833040534 (online)
0833040537
Report No. RAND/MG-162-ICJ
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