Mass Torts

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Term Talk: United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons; Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P.

Tara L. Grove, Melissa Jacoby, Elizabeth C. Wiggins

November 21, 2024

Bankruptcy. Non-uniformity. Non-debtor Release. Experts discuss the Supreme Court’s decision to not reimburse claimants for bounded non-uniformities in Hammons, and to reject non-consensual third release in Purdue Pharma.

Vaccine Injury Program and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims

February 25, 2015

Judicial Management of Mass Tort Bankruptcy Cases

S. Elizabeth Gibson

January 1, 2005

Designed as resource for judges to guide them through the complexities of managing mass tort bankruptcy reorganizations, this publication draws lessons from difficult-to-find sources and presents them in a form that is part judicial manual, part treatise, and part case study.

Manual for Complex Litigation, Fourth Edition

March 23, 2004

This work describes approaches that trial judges have found to be useful in managing complex cases.

40.52 Mass Tort Case-Management Order

January 1, 2004

Neutral Science Panels: Two Examples of Panels of Court-Appointed Experts in the Breast Implants Product Liability Litigation

Laural L. Hooper, Joe S. Cecil, Thomas E. Willging

June 15, 2001

This report to the Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management describes two different types of independent panels used in the silicone gel breast implants litigation.

Case Studies of Mass Tort Limited Fund Class Action Settlements & Bankruptcy Reorganizations

S. Elizabeth Gibson

January 1, 2000

This is an expanded version of a report that was previously published as Appendix E of the Report of the Advisory Group on Civil Rules and the Working Group on Mass Torts (Report on Mass Tort Litigation) February 15, 1999.

Individual Characteristics of Mass Torts Case Congregations: A report to the Mass Torts Working Group (Appendix D)

Carol Witcher, Melissa Deckman Fallon, Philip Egelston, Rebecca Spiro, Suzanne Hruby, Thomas E. Willging

January 1, 1999

This report, done for the Mass Torts Working Group, appointed in 1998 by the Chief Justice, organizes and presents information from published sources on about fifty sets of mass tort litigations involving personal injury and property damage claims.

Mass Torts Problems and Proposals: A Report to the Mass Torts Working Group (Appendix C)

Thomas E. Willging

January 1, 1999

The Mass Torts Working Group, appointed in 1998 by the Chief Justice, asked the Center to conduct a literature review examining problems related to mass torts and to discuss proposals for resolving those problems. This report is the result of that research.

Mass Tort Settlement Class Actions: Five Case Studies

Jay Tidmarsh

January 1, 1998

This report by Professor Jay Tidmarsh of Notre Dame Law School examines five cases in which Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure has been used to achieve a settlement of a mass tort controversy.

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