Mass Tort Deals(English, Hardcover, Burch Elizabeth Chamblee)

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Mass Tort Deals(English, Hardcover, Burch Elizabeth Chamblee) is written by Burch Elizabeth Chamblee and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1108416977 (ISBN 10) and 9781108416979 (ISBN 13).

Mass-tort lawsuits over products like pelvic and hernia mesh, Roundup, opioids, talcum powder, and hip implants consume a substantial part of the federal civil caseload. But multidistrict litigation, which federal courts use to package these individual tort suits into one proceeding, has not been extensively analyzed. In Mass Tort Deals, Elizabeth Chamblee Burch marshals a wide array of empirical data to suggest that a systematic lack of checks and balances in our courts may benefit everyone but the plaintiffs - the very people who are often unable to stand up for themselves. Rather than faithfully representing them, plaintiffs' lawyers may sell them out in backroom settlements that compensate lawyers handsomely, pay plaintiffs little, and deny them the justice they seek. From diagnosis to reforms, Burch's goal isn't to eliminate these suits; it's to save them. This book is a must read for concerned citizens, policymakers, lawyers, and judges alike.