Blood in the Water - Feeding Frenzies and the Mass Tort Phenomenon

This book looks at the phenomenon of mass tort litigation in the light of corporate greed.

List of contents

Chapter 1: The Feeding Frenzy Mentality
Chapter 2: Car Foes: Unsafe at Any Speed
Chapter 3: Car Woes: Pinto Combustibles
Chapter 4: Bendectin and Birth Defects
Chapter 5: Agent Orange
Chapter 6: Dalkon Shield Litigation
Chapter 7: Asbestos Exposure
Chapter 8: The Silicosis Bust
Chapter 9: Tobacco Industry Litigation
Chapter 10: Lawyers, Guns, and Money
Chapter 11: Lockerbie and Mass Disasters
Chapter 12: Big Pharma Generally
Chapter 13: Direct-to-Consumer Advertising
Chapter 14: FDA: A Wizard Should Know Better!
Chapter 15: The Vioxx Moment
Chapter 16: Hip, Knee, and Breast Implants
Chapter 17: Football Concussions
Chapter 18: College Football Players, Larry Nassar, and the Culture of Rape
Chapter 19: Tort Reform or Tort Retreat

About the author

Walter Champion is law professor at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University, and an adjunct professor at South Texas College of Law Houston.
Carlos A. Velasquez is founding partner of VelasquezDolan, P.A., Plantation, Florida.

Summary

This book looks at the phenomenon of mass tort litigation in the light of corporate greed.

Product details

• Authors: Walter Champion, Walter Velasquez Champion, Carlos A. Velasquez
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781793652126
• ISBN: 978-1-79365-212-6
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; LAW / Corporate, LAW / Torts, LAW / Liability, Private or civil law: general, Company law, Constitutional & administrative law, Law of torts, damages & compensation, Private / Civil law: general works, Torts / Delicts, State liability & compensation law