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MASS TORTS

  • Understanding Mass Personal Injury Litigation (RAND Institute for Civil Justice)
  • Mass Torts The US Civil Justice System (Joe D'Addario, May 1996)
  • Mass Disaster: A Victim's Guide (Arizona State Bar Association)
  • Central Notice - Class Actions, Product Recalls, etc.
  • Class Actions Issues and Information

    The Supreme Court

  • U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Fibreboard Asbestos Settlement
  • Ortiz et al. vs. Fibreboard Corp.
  • High Court Upholds Voiding of Asbestos Settlement (NYT - 6/26/97)
  • Supreme Court Disallows Asbestos Class-Action Deal (WSJ - 6/26/97)
  • Is Asbestos Ruling A Win For Little Guy Or Loss For Courts? (6/25/97)
  • Full Text of the Decision AMCHEM PRODUCTS, INC., et al. v. WINDSOR
  • Supreme Court Agrees to Rule On Group Asbestos Settlement (WSJ- 11/4/96)

    Grand Central Pipe Fitters Loses Suit Over Asbestos NYT, 6/24/97

    Full Text of Decision METRO NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD CO. v. BUCKLEY

  • High Court Backs State Suits in Medical-Device Injuries (NYT 6/27/96)
  • Medtronic, Inc. v. Lohr, et al. - Decided June 26, 1996
  • Punies Decision Gives Business Potent Ammo (NLJ - 6/3/96)
  • Recent Damages Ruling Won't Help Many Defendants (WSJ 5/29/96)
  • BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, INC. v. GORE - Decided May 20,1996
  • Study Concludes Punitive Damages Are Very Rare (NLJ - 7/1/96)

    • Supreme Court Agrees to Rule On Group Asbestos Settlement

    On the Appeallate Level.

    Appeals Court Tosses Out Class-Action Asbestos Settlement (NYT 5/11/96)

  • Georgine v. Amchem - Futures Class Action Decertified - 3rd Circuit Decision

    • Fibreboard Class Action Approved 5th Circuit Splits with 3rd.

    Grand Central Pipe Fitters Loses Suit Over Asbestos NYT, 6/24/97

    Full Text of Decision METRO NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD CO. v. BUCKLEY

    Class-Action Commentary

  • Mass Torts After 'Georgine' and 'Castano' (NYLJ - 5/30/96)
  • Plan for Class-Action Pacts Splits Judges, Law Professors (WSJ - 6/6/96)
  • Firms Say Otherwise, But Some Seem to Like Class-Action Suits (WSJ - 6/18/96)
  • Lawsuits to End All Lawsuits - Settlements May Limit Future Victims' Right to Sue.
  • Amicus Curiae Briefs from ATLA, including opposition papers to the Georgine Fibreboard class action settlements.

    • Asbestos

    Legislative hearing on H.R. 1283, the "Fairness in Asbestos Compensation Act of 1999"
    July 1, 1999

    Chairman Henry Hyde, Christopher F. Edley, Jr., Esq., Honorable Louis W. Sullivan, Richard H. Middleton, Jr., Esq., Samuel J. Heyman, Esq., Christine Oliver, M.D., Gary R. Epler, M.D., Maura J. Abeln, Esq., Thomas J. Donohue, Honorable Conrad Mallett, Jr., Myles O'Malley, Paul R. Verkuil, Prof. William N. Eskridge, Jr., Robert G. Johnson

    The bill - H.R. 1283 Legal Medical Aspects

  • Asbestos Exposure: Questions Answers
  • Product Identification Compliments of Texas Asbestos Attorney Roger Worthington
  • British Asbestos Newsletter
  • ATSDR - PUBLIC HEALTH STATEMENT - ASBESTOS
  • Asbestos-EPA Chemical Substance Fact Sheet
  • Malignant Mesothelioma
  • Mesothelioma - Oncolink, University of Pennslyvania - Excellent source of information, includes latest medical abstracts, links to support lists and clinical information.
  • Mesothelioma Treatment Options - Roger Worthington, Esq.
  • Additional References

    • Questions Abound for Tobacco Jury

    Statutes:

  • 20 USC CHAPTER 49 (1993)

    • Court Decisions
    Injury Date Applied to Consortium Claims
    Celotex Corp. v. Edwards - Pre-bankruptcy bonded judgement stayed by collateral injunction.

    Silicone Breast Implants MDL 926 Breast Implant Litigation (Compliments of Judge Pointer the Fed. Judicial Ctr.) Judge Approves Dow Corning Corp.'s $4.5 Billion Reorganization Plan, WSJ 12/1/99 Dow Breast Implant Pact Gets Tepid Endorsement, WSJ 6/30/99 Dow Corning Proposes New Reorganization Plan, WSJ 8/26/97

  • Jury Finds That Dow Chemical Misrepresented Silicone's Safety, WSJ 8/19/97
  • Lousiana Breast Implant Trial - Round One to Plaintiffs
    • Judge in Breast-Implant Case Calls Doctors to Hear Evidence, WSJ 7/22/97

    Breast Implants on Trial - PBS Frontline Air Date 2/28/96
    Breast-Implant Study Is Fresh Fuel for Debate - WSJ 2/28/96

  • JAMA Abstract of Study - February 28, 1996


    • Editorial: Morally Bankrupt - Multinational Monitor, May 1995
    Mahlum v. Dow Chemical - Nevada Woman awarded 14.1 million.

    Vassallo v. Baxter - 1.5 Million Dollar Verdict in Breast Implant Case In Massachusetts

    Support Groups

  • Newsgroups

    Medical Health Information Links

  • News About Breast Implants - (Food Drug Administration)
  • Important Information About Breast Implants - (Food Drug Administration)
  • Silicone Immune Toxicity Syndrome (Dr. Edelson - Atlanta)
  • Additional References

    • Dow Corning

  • The Bottom Line - The Co. 's Financials Post Bankruptcy
  • Dow Claims Forms

    • Court Decisions
    Implant Suits Barred Against Dow Chemical (In N.Y.)

  • NY APPELLATE CT. AFFIRMS DISMISSAL OF BREAST IMPLANT CASES V. DOW CHEMICAL

    • Agent Orange

  • Agent Orange: Questions Answers
  • Veterans and Agent Orange - Update 1998
  • Review of the Literature on Agent Orange and Other Phenoxy Herbicides
  • Additional References

    • Court Decisions
    Hercules Inc. et al. v. United States

    DES

  • DES Action USA
  • The DES Cancer Network
  • DES Daughters
  • Additional References

    • Dalkon Shield

  • Shadburne-Vinton v. Dalkon Shield Claimants Trust
  • Bending The Law: The Story of The Dalkon Shield Bankruptcy, By Richard B. Sobol (Book Review)
  • The Selling of Contraception - The Dalkon Shield Case, Sexuality, and Women's


    Autonomy, By Nicole J. Grant [c1992] (Book Review)

  • Additional References

    • Bjork-Shiley Heart Valves

  • Info Re: the Settlement Agreement
  • Heart valve repair goes high-tech
  • FDA Release

    • Tobacco Florida Becomes Second State To Settle Tobacco Industry Suit, WSJ 8/26/97

    NY Names Its Tobacco Lawyers , N Newsday, 6/26/97 Tobacco Pact's Loopholes Presage a Fierce Debate WSJ, 6/23/97
    Cigarette Makers Reach $368 Billion Accord - NYT, 6/21/97 Smoking Out Noncompliance In Teen Tobacco Crackdown Washington Post , 3/1/97 Researchers Show How Smoking Causes Cancer (10/18/96) Historic Jury Award of $750,000 For Lung Cancer Victim In Cigarette Case

  • Smoke Signal: Jury's Tobacco Verdict Suggests Tough Times Ahead for the Industry -
  • Carter v. Brown Williamson - Court TV

    • Huge Tobacco Lawsuit Is Thrown Out on Appeal (NYT - 5/24/96)

    Landmark Tobacco Settlement Reached - The full settlement with Liggett.
    Philip Morris memo calls cigarettes"nicotine delivery device."
    Read the full document for yourself here.
    The Heat is On - Plaintiffs Band Together to Fight Tobacco Industry (ABA Journal)

  • The State Tobacco Information Center (STIC)
  • The Tobacco Control Resource Center
  • Tobacco-Related Internet Resources here.
  • Leading the Air War on Cigarettes (LA Times - 2/15/96)
  • Tobacco Cases (CourtTV)
  • Action on Smoking and Health - (Great Info - Get involved.)
  • Tobacco Control Archives (Includes Brown Williamson's Internal Documents)
  • State Laws on Tobacco Control --- United States, 1995 (Center for Disease Control)
  • U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substance Law Materials
  • Additional References

    • Court Decisions
    Castano Class Action Overturned
    Cippollone v. Liggett Group

    MedicalMalpractice

  • AMA Physician Select - Find a Doctor.
  • American Board of Medical Specialties - Verify a Dr's Board Certifications
  • DocFinder
  • Professional Misconduct Physician Discipline - New York State

    • Medicine Law- Malpractice ('lectric law)

  • RxList
  • Food Drug Administration
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Library of Medicine
  • Centers for Disease Control Prevention
  • Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
  • Oncolink - Univ. of Penn.
  • US Dept. of Health Human Services
  • The National Academy of Science
  • Merck Manuals
  • American Hospital Directory

    • Articles Cases of Interest:

    Medical Errors Blamed for Thousands of Patients' Deaths a Year - 11/30/99
    To Err Is Human - Building a Safer Health System (The Full Report)
    Zipped in .pdf

    Most Malpractice Suits Guided By Disability, New Study Finds
    Relation Between Malpractice Claims and Adverse Events Due to Negligence
    Results of the Harvard Medical Practice Study III (Excerpts from the Senate Debate)
    The DiPaolo Verdict
    Zion v. New York Hospital (The Verdict Post Trial Rulings)

    Ethics

    Judges Try to Set Some Limits On Lawyers' Body Language, WSJ 9/11/97 Plaintiff in Tobacco Suit Targets A New Adversary: Her Lawyer, WSJ ,8/19/97
  • More on Potential Conflicts Fees and Tobacco Conflict Case Settles.
    • NY State Commission Recommends Justice Collazo Be Removed , NYLJ 7/24/97 Battles Over Lawyer Advertising Divide the Bar - NYT, 7/19/97
  • Lawyers Advertising on the Web: Is a Cure Worse Than the Disease? - NYT, 8/29/96
    • Thou Shalt Not Disparage the Other Lawyer's Case, NYT, 7/13/97
  • Lawsuits to End All Lawsuits - Settlements May Limit Future Victims' Right to Sue.
  • legalethics.com
  • A Good Lawyer

    • Additional Consumer Information Resources

  • Women's Health References
  • Civil Legal Remedies for Crime Victims.
  • Public Citizens' Litigation Group
  • US Consumer Product Safety Commission
  • Consumer Information Center
  • The Consumer Law Page (The Alexander Law Firm)
  • Consumer Information (Department of Health Human Services)
  • OSHA
  • Rachael's Environment Health Weekly
  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • Auto-By-Tel - Guaranteed to help you get a great price on a new car.
  • National Institute of Standards Technology

    The Fen-Phen Saga

  • Our Civil Justice System - American Trial Lawyers Association
  • Suing for Safety - Excerpts from the Senate Floor Debate
  • Studies Refute Claims of Increased Litigation - The reports were jointly done by statisticians from the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for State Courts.
  • "Federal Tort Trials and Verdicts, 1996-97" - REV.: May1999
  • Lists of hundreds of Consumer Organizations Opposed to Legal Reform Legislation
  • When the Verdict Is Just a Fantasy (NYT - June 6, 1999)
  • Doctors and Insurers Feel Comforts of Tort Changes (WSJ - 5/7/97)
  • Liability Limits Encounter Roadblocks in State Courts (WSJ - 12/10/96)
  • It Has Gotten a Whole Lot Harder to Collect (The Washington Post, 8/26/96)
  • Large Employers Are Carrying Lighter Loads of Liability Costs (WSJ - 12/12/95)

    Workers' Compensation Law

  • Hurt On The Job - NY Newsday 6/2/96
  • New York State Workers' Compensation Board

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