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Asbestos litigation / Stephen J. Carroll ... [and others].
Van Pelt Library KF1297.A73 A82 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Products liability--Asbestos--United States.
- Products liability.
- Products liability--Asbestos.
- Asbestos industry--Law and legislation.
- Asbestos industry.
- United States.
- Asbestos industry--Law and legislation--United States.
- Actions and defenses--United States.
- Actions and defenses.
- Physical Description:
- xxxv, 170 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2005.
- Summary:
- Analyzes the costs and compensation paid for asbestos personal-injury claims and discussess such issues as the current state of asbestos litigation in the United States, the costs of compensation, the effects if litigation in the businesses, and theevolving character of litigation.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Injuries from asbestos exposure
- Asbestos litigation dynamics
- Claimants and defendants
- Costs and compensation
- Bankruptcies
- Implications for the future.
- Notes:
- "MG-162."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-170).
- ISBN:
- 0833030787
- OCLC:
- 59881823
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