Toxic tort litigation /

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Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Chicago : American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, c2007.
Description:xxi, 492 p. 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6322223
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Other authors / contributors:Rudlin, D. Alan.
American Bar Association. Mass Torts Litigation Committee.
ISBN:9781590317341 (pbk.)
1590317343 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Theories of liability and damages in toxic tort cases
  • Defenses to toxic tort claims
  • Introduction to the use of scientific and medical evidence in toxic tort litigation
  • Causation and the use of experts in toxic tort cases
  • Case strategy and trial management issues in toxic tort cases
  • Settlement considerations
  • Special cases : trends in toxic tort mold litigation
  • Special cases : trends in toxic tort lead litigation
  • Special cases : asbestos litigation
  • Special cases : silica litigation
  • Special cases : food product liability litigation
  • Special cases : pharmaceutical product liability litigation
  • Special cases : MTBE.