Outrageous Fortune and the Criminalization of Mass Torts

The Future of Mass Torts

The Future of Mass Torts

In the world of mass torts, asbestos and pollution are the best known and clearly the largest to date, with $29 billion and $30 billion (respectively) of incurred losses as of year-end 1998 for the U.S. insurance industry. Can another mass tort of comparable size arise in the future? The authors argue that, while it is possible, such a large loss is unlikely. This is due to factors that are lik...

Asbestos and the future of mass torts.

L egal claims for injuries from asbestos involve more plaintiffs, more defendants and higher costs than any other type of personal injury litigation in U.S. history. As of the end of 2002, 730,000 individuals had filed lawsuits against more than 8,400 defendants, and the total amount that defendants and insurers had spent on resolving claims—including all legal costs—was estimated to be $70 bil...

Is Asbestos the Future of Mass Torts?

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از محوری ترین اثراتی که یک فیلم سینمایی ایجاد می کند دیالوگ هایی است که هنرپیش گان فیلم میگویند. به زعم یک فیلم ساز, یک شیوه متأثر نمودن مخاطب از اثر منظوره نیروی گفتارهای گوینده, مثل نیروی عاطفی, ترس آور, غم انگیز, هیجان انگیز و غیره, است. این مطالعه به بررسی این مسأله مبادرت کرده است که آیا نیروی فراگفتاری هنرپیش گان به مثابه ی اعمال گفتاری در پنج فیلم هالیوودی در نسخه های دوبله شده باز تولید...