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The Effect Of Bankruptcy Cases Of Several Asbestos Companies On The Compensation Of Asbestos Victims
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Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Labor Standards Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :76 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Effect of Bankruptcy Cases of Several Asbestos Companies on the Compensation of Asbestos Victims by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Labor Standards
Download or read book The Effect of Bankruptcy Cases of Several Asbestos Companies on the Compensation of Asbestos Victims written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Labor Standards and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Labor Standards Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :0 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (422 download)
Book Synopsis The Effect of Bankruptcy Cases of Several Asbestos Companies on the Compensation of Asbestos Victims by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Labor Standards
Download or read book The Effect of Bankruptcy Cases of Several Asbestos Companies on the Compensation of Asbestos Victims written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Labor Standards and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Effects of Banruptcy Cases of Several Asbestos Companies on the Compensation of Asbestos Victims by :
Download or read book The Effects of Banruptcy Cases of Several Asbestos Companies on the Compensation of Asbestos Victims written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Labor Standards Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :158 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (121 download)
Book Synopsis Oversight Hearing on the Effect of the Manville and UNR Bankruptcies on Compensation of Asbestos Victims by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Labor Standards
Download or read book Oversight Hearing on the Effect of the Manville and UNR Bankruptcies on Compensation of Asbestos Victims written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Labor Standards and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Labor Standards Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :76 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (121 download)
Book Synopsis The Effect of Bankruptcy Cases of Several Asbestos Companies on the Compensation of Asbestos Victims by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Labor Standards
Download or read book The Effect of Bankruptcy Cases of Several Asbestos Companies on the Compensation of Asbestos Victims written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Labor Standards and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Bankruptcy's Effect on Product Identification in Asbestos Personal Injury Cases by : Lloyd S. Dixon
Download or read book Bankruptcy's Effect on Product Identification in Asbestos Personal Injury Cases written by Lloyd S. Dixon and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the most significant developments in asbestos litigation in the past 15 years is the rising rate of bankruptcy among asbestos defendants. More than 100 companies have filed for bankruptcy at least in part because of asbestos lawsuits. As a result, contemporary asbestos ligation now involves both tort suits against solvent defendants and claims for compensation filed with the specially created asbestos bankruptcy trusts. The outcome of an asbestos lawsuit crucially depends on whether litigants in the tort case introduce evidence of exposure to the products of bankrupt parties. If some of these exposures are not identified, more fault can be assigned to the remaining solvent defendants. These defendants are thus likely to end up paying more when such evidence is not developed than when it is. Plaintiffs might also receive more in compensation from the courts and trusts combined if fault is not allocated to the bankrupt parties. This analysis provides empirical evidence that bankruptcy reduces the likelihood that interrogatories and depositions will identify exposure to the asbestos-containing products of the bankrupt parties. It also presents plaintiff and defense perspectives on whether the findings are a cause for concern and what, if anything, should be done in response."--Back cover.
Book Synopsis Asbestos Litigation by : Stephen J. Carroll
Download or read book Asbestos Litigation written by Stephen J. Carroll and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2005-07-07 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asbestos litigation is the longest-running mass tort litigation in U.S. history. Through 2002, approximately 730,000 individuals have brought claims against some 8,400 business entities, and defendants and insurers have spent a total of $70 billion on litigation. Building on previous RAND briefings, the authors report on what happened to those who have claimed injury from asbestos, what happened to the defendants in those cases, and how lawyers and judges have managed the cases.
Book Synopsis Asbestos Bankruptcy Trusts by : Lloyd S. Dixon
Download or read book Asbestos Bankruptcy Trusts written by Lloyd S. Dixon and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 2010 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report describes the creation, organization, and operation of asbestos personal-injury trusts and compiles publicly available information on the assets, outlays, and governing boards of the 26 largest trusts. The authors find that the publicly available information provides a rich source of information on trust activity but that more detailed information is needed to determine their impact on important compensation outcomes.
Book Synopsis The Effect of Joint and Several Liability on the Bankruptcy Rate of Defendants by : Charles Mullin
Download or read book The Effect of Joint and Several Liability on the Bankruptcy Rate of Defendants written by Charles Mullin and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If two defendants share a joint and several liability and the first becomes insolvent, his unpaid liabilities are reallocated to the second. While the second defendant's assets may cover its share of liability, they may not cover the first defendant's share. Thus, the one defendant's insolvency may trigger the other's. We quantify this externality in the context of asbestos-related torts. We choose this example because 61 companies with major asbestos liabilities have gone bankrupt since 1982 and nearly 8,000 other companies have been named in asbestos suits. Using data from 10-K forms and asbestos trials, we estimate that payments on asbestos claims grew 5 - 10 percent annually - over 150 percent total - during 1990 - 2002 due to the bankruptcy of jointly liable defendants. We discuss the implications for the priority of tort claimants in bankruptcy and piecemeal tort litigation as a compensation mechanism for mass torts.
Book Synopsis Asbestos Bankruptcy Trusts and Tort Compensation by : Lloyd Dixon
Download or read book Asbestos Bankruptcy Trusts and Tort Compensation written by Lloyd Dixon and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asbestos bankruptcy trusts play an important role in compensating asbestos injuries. This monograph examines how state tort laws address compensation paid by trusts and the evidence submitted in trust claim forms, how court proceedings take this evidence and compensation into account, and how the establishment of the trusts potentially affects compensation.
Download or read book Dust-Up written by Jeb Barnes and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-08 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an era of polarization, narrow party majorities, and increasing use of supermajority requirements in the Senate, policy entrepreneurs must find ways to reach across the aisle and build bipartisan coalitions in Congress. One such coalition-building strategy is the “politics of efficiency,” or reform that is aimed at eliminating waste from existing policies and programs. After all, reducing inefficiency promises to reduce costs without cutting benefits, which should appeal to members of both political parties, especially given tight budgetary constraints in Washington. Dust-Up explores the most recent congressional efforts to reform asbestos litigation—a case in which the politics of efficiency played a central role and seemed likely to prevail. Yet, these efforts failed to produce a winning coalition, even though reform could have saved billions of dollars and provided quicker compensation to victims of asbestos-related diseases. Why? The answers, as Jeb Barnes deftly illustrates, defy conventional wisdom and force us to rethink the political effects of litigation and the dynamics of institutional change in our fragmented policymaking system. Set squarely at the intersection of law, politics, and public policy, Dust-Up provides the first in-depth analysis of the political obstacles to Congress in replacing a form of litigation that nearly everyone—Supreme Court justices, members of Congress, presidents, and experts—agrees is woefully inefficient and unfair to both victims and businesses. This concise and accessible case study includes a glossary of terms and study questions, making it a perfect fit for courses in law and public policy, congressional politics, and public health.
Book Synopsis Asbestos Litigation Crisis by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Download or read book Asbestos Litigation Crisis written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :524 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (121 download)
Book Synopsis Legislative Calendar by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor
Download or read book Legislative Calendar written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor and published by . This book was released on with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Punitive Damages by : Cass R. Sunstein
Download or read book Punitive Damages written by Cass R. Sunstein and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-12-19 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past two decades, the United States has seen a dramatic increase in the number and magnitude of punitive damages verdicts rendered by juries in civil trials. Probably the most extraordinary example is the July 2000 award of $144.8 billion in the Florida class action lawsuit brought against cigarette manufacturers. Or consider two recent verdicts against the auto manufacturer BMW in Alabama. In identical cases, argued in the same court before the same judge, one jury awarded $4 million in punitive damages, while the other awarded no punitive damages at all. In cases involving accidents, civil rights, and the environment, multimillion-dollar punitive awards have been a subject of intense controversy. But how do juries actually make decisions about punitive damages? To find out, the authors-experts in psychology, economics, and the law-present the results of controlled experiments with more than 600 mock juries involving the responses of more than 8,000 jury-eligible citizens. Although juries tended to agree in their moral judgments about the defendant's conduct, they rendered erratic and unpredictable dollar awards. The experiments also showed that instead of moderating juror verdicts, the process of jury deliberation produced a striking "severity shift" toward ever-higher awards. Jurors also tended to ignore instructions from the judges; were influenced by whatever amount the plaintiff happened to request; showed "hindsight bias," believing that what happened should have been foreseen; and penalized corporations that had based their decisions on careful cost-benefit analyses. While judges made many of the same errors, they performed better in some areas, suggesting that judges (or other specialists) may be better equipped than juries to decide punitive damages. Using a wealth of new experimental data, and offering a host of provocative findings, this book documents a wide range of systematic biases in jury behavior. It will be indispensable for anyone interested not only in punitive damages, but also jury behavior, psychology, and how people think about punishment.
Download or read book Asbestos written by Barry I. Castleman and published by Wolters Kluwer. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by one of the leading asbestos experts for attorneys, occupational and environmental health professionals, and others in the field of toxic substances control, this updated resource provides a comprehensive examination of the public health history of asbestos. Includes extensive discussion of corporate knowledge and responsibility for asbestos hazards and detailed discussion of alternatives to asbestos.
Book Synopsis 100 Questions & Answers About Mesothelioma by : Harvey I. Pass
Download or read book 100 Questions & Answers About Mesothelioma written by Harvey I. Pass and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2009-06-11 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you're a newly diagnosed Mesothelioma patient, a survivor, or a friend or relative of either, this book offers help. The only book to provide the doctor's and patient's views, 100 Questions & Answers About Mesothelioma, Third Edition gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions about treatment options, post-treatment quality of life, sources of support, legal options, and much more. This outstanding team of authors -- led by a world-class lung disease expert -- provides an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this frightening disease.
Book Synopsis How Policy Shapes Politics by : Jeb Barnes
Download or read book How Policy Shapes Politics written by Jeb Barnes and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparing judicialized and bureaucratized injury compensation policies, Jeb Barnes and Thomas F. Burke conclude that litigation divides interests between victims and villains and winners and losers, and so creates a comparatively fractious, chaotic politics.
