Asbestos Litigation

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,...

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Hlavní autoři: Carroll, Stephen J., Hensler, Deborah R., Gross, Jennifer, Sloss, Elizabeth M., Schonlau, Matthias
Médium: Online
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: RAND Corporation 2023
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