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Sep 29, 2024
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LAW 8217 - Mass Tort Litigation
Credits: 2
A study of the unique procedural and substantive issues encountered by the courts in resolving multiple claims for tort damages that are alleged to arise from the same, or similar, injury-producing conduct. This course explores the efforts of courts to resolve mass tort cases through innovative procedural approaches, such as class actions, mass consolidations, multi-district transfers, and Bellwether trial dockets. Students examine the tensions that can exist between the goals of broad dispute resolution and guarantees of individual due process, as well as those between the work of the civil justice system and the mandates of pertinent regulatory agencies. Students evaluate whether or not mass tort litigation can, or should, serve as a mechanism to improve consumer safety and public health.
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