Law of Environmental And Toxic Torts

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Pub. Date: 2005-05-27
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Summary

Focuses on the theories of liability that private plaintiffs may rely upon to recover for environmental or toxic harms. Presents special procedural problems of causation posed by Environmental and Toxic Torts. Addresses special harms that often relate to seeking recovery for future, but as yet unrealized, consequences of their exposure to toxic substances. Regards the role of state and federal statutes and regulations in private tort actions, including discussion of express and implied preemption and the Supreme Court decisions. Discusses proposals for reform of the tort system.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Third Edition vii
Table of Cases
xxvii
Table of Statutes and Regulations
xlix
Overview: Conflicting Perspectives on the Adequacy of the Tort System
1(22)
Generally
1(3)
Tort Goals and Their Application
2(1)
Typical Environmental or Toxic Tort Claims
3(1)
Special Characteristics of Environmental Tort Claims
4(19)
Generally
5(1)
Long Latency Periods
5(1)
Proof of Causation
6(1)
Role of Expert Scientific or Medical Testimony
6(2)
Relationship of Environmental Tort Law to Statutory Environmental Law
8(1)
Recurring Themes in Environmental Torts
8(1)
Kenneth S. Abraham, The Relation Between Civil Liability and Environmental Regulation: An Analytical Overview
9(14)
Trespass Actions
23(32)
General Principles of Trespass
23(21)
The Intent Requirement
23(2)
Possessory Interest
25(1)
Extent of Invasion: Are Actual Damages Necessary?
26(2)
Relationship to Nuisance
28(1)
Continuing Trespass
29(1)
The Basic Idea
29(1)
Continuing Damages or Injury; Abatability
29(2)
Robert N. Hoery v. United States
31(9)
Continuing Tortious Conduct
40(1)
Who's Right?
41(1)
Causation
41(3)
Judicial Applications of Trespass
44(11)
Martin v. Amoco Oil Company
44(3)
Notes and Questions
47(6)
Note on Negligent Trespass
53(2)
Nuisance: The Comprehensive Environmental Tort Theory
55(74)
Nuisance: An Introduction
55(1)
Public Nuisance
56(24)
Introduction
56(1)
Unreasonableness of the Interference
57(2)
What is a ``Public Right?''
59(2)
Nashua Corporation v. Norton Company
61(3)
Notes and Questions
64(2)
Private Action for Public Nuisance---The Special Injury Rule
66(2)
In re the Exxon Valdez; Alaska Native Class v. Exxon Corp.
68(3)
Notes and Questions
71(3)
A Note on Economic Principles
74(2)
Physical Harm as Constituting Special Injury
76(2)
Equitable Actions for Public Nuisance
78(1)
Private Attorneys General
78(1)
Citizen Suits
79(1)
Class Actions
79(1)
Associational Standing
79(1)
Private Nuisance
80(49)
Generally
80(1)
Restatement's Formulation
81(1)
Standing: Who Can Sue for Private Nuisance
81(1)
Requirement of Significant Harm
82(1)
General Liability Rules
83(1)
What Constitutes An ``Intentional'' Invasion?
84(2)
What Is Unreasonableness?
86(3)
The Weighing Process
89(1)
Gravity of the Harm
89(1)
Utility of Defendant's Conduct
90(1)
Other Considerations on Unreasonableness
91(1)
Nature of the Interest Interfered With
91(1)
Adkins v. Thomas Solvent Company
91(6)
Notes and Questions
97(3)
Basis of Liability
100(1)
United Proteins, Inc. v. Farmland Industries, Inc.
100(5)
Notes and Questions
105(4)
Harm Versus Utility Balancing
109(1)
Carpenter v. The Double R Cattle Company, Inc.
110(2)
Notes and Questions
112(1)
Note on Anticipatory Nuisance and Injunctions
113(1)
Sharp v. 251st Street Landfill, Inc.
114(8)
Notes and Questions
122(1)
Problem
123(1)
Note on Negligent Conduct
124(3)
Problem
127(2)
Strict Liability for Abnormally Dangerous Activities and Other Theories
129(111)
Evolution of the Strict Liability Doctrine
129(5)
Genesis: Rylands v. Fletcher
129(2)
American Recognition and the First Restatement
131(2)
The Restatement (Second) of Torts
133(1)
Restatement (Second) of Torts Standard of Liability
134(39)
Relationship to Negligence and Balancing
135(1)
Relationship to Nuisance
135(1)
High Risks of Harm
136(2)
The Negligence Barrier and Section 520(c)
138(1)
Fletcher v. Conoco Pipe Line
138(6)
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company v. American Cyanamid Company
144(5)
Notes and Questions
149(2)
Some Contrary Voices
151(1)
Defining the ``Activity'' That May Be Abnormally Dangerous
152(1)
Activities, not Substances
152(1)
Contrary Approaches
153(2)
Effect of Government Regulations
155(1)
Regulations As Implying that Due Care Is the Test
155(1)
Negligence Per Se
156(1)
Role of Common Usage and Locational Appropriateness
157(1)
The Restatement Explanation
157(1)
Exploration for Fuel, and its Transportation and Storage: Common Usage? Appropriate Locations?
158(1)
Other Applications of Factors (d) and (e)
159(1)
Value to the Community
160(2)
Question of Law: Who Does the Balancing?
162(1)
Function of the Court
162(1)
Inconsistent Findings: Disposal of Hazardous Waste
163(2)
Sale of Product Does Not Qualify
165(1)
Operation of Uranium Metals Production Plant Does Qualify
166(1)
Knowledge of the Danger or Foreseeability of Harm as a Prerequisite to Strict Liability
166(1)
T&E Industries v. Safety Light Corporation
166(3)
Notes and Questions
169(3)
Notes and Questions
172(1)
Rationales for Imposing Strict Liability
173(4)
Internalization of All Costs: The Enterprise Model
173(1)
Calabresi's Model
174(1)
Non-Reciprocal Risks Model
175(1)
Epstein's Corrective Justice Model
176(1)
Posner's Reduction in Levels of Activity Model
176(1)
The Relationship Between Statutory and Common-Law Strict Liabilities
177(15)
Hagen v. Texaco Refining and Marketing, Inc.
177(8)
Notes and Questions
185(6)
Notes and Questions
191(1)
Application of Nuisance, Trespass, Negligence, and Strict Liability to Vertical Relationships
192(18)
Rosenblatt v. Exxon Company, U.S.A.
193(9)
Notes and Questions
202(5)
Problem
207(3)
Misrepresentation as a Basis of Liability
210(30)
Liability for Non-Disclosure
210(1)
Strawn v. Canuso
210(8)
Notes and Questions
218(3)
Failure to Provide Disclosure Mandated by Law
221(1)
Edward A. Visconti, Jr. v. Pepper Partners Limited Partnership
222(6)
Negligent Misrepresentation
228(1)
Binette v. Dyer Library Association
228(5)
Notes and Questions
233(1)
A Note on Some Other Potentially Liable Parties
234(4)
Notes and Questions
238(2)
Remedies and Compensable Interests
240(90)
Injunctions: The Comparative Injury Calculus
240(4)
Notes and Questions
243(1)
Standards for Granting Injunctions: Balancing the Equities
244(11)
Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Company, Inc.
248(4)
Notes and Questions
252(3)
Damages for Injury to Real Property
255(21)
Harm to the Physical Condition of Land
255(1)
The General Rules
255(4)
Environmental Damages: Restoration Versus Diminution and the Role of Stigma Damages
259(1)
In re Paoli Railroad Yard PCB Litigation
259(7)
Notes and Questions
266(4)
Loss of Use or Enjoyment
270(1)
Personal Discomfort and Annoyance
270(1)
Hawkins v. Scituate Oil Co., Inc.
271(3)
Notes and Questions
274(2)
Damages to Persons and Present Liability for Prospective Harm
276(54)
Introduction: The Issues Identified
276(1)
Judicial Treatment of Medical Monitoring and Emotional Distress
277(1)
Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company v. Buckley
277(7)
Note on Post-Exposure, Pre-Symptom Medical Surveillance Damages
284(1)
Supporting Authority
284(2)
Evolution of the Elements of the Remedy
286(1)
Other Courts' Variations
287(2)
The Form of the Remedy: Lump Sum Award or Court Supervised Fund
289(2)
Medical Monitoring Under Cercla
291(1)
Generalized Scientific Studies to Determine Increased Risk
291(1)
Literature
292(1)
Problem
293(1)
Proving Medical Monitoring Damages
294(1)
Judicial Treatment of Fear of Future Disease and Emotional Distress
295(1)
Isabel v. Velsicol Chemical Co.
295(5)
Sterling v. Velsicol Chemical
300(1)
Notes and Questions
301(1)
A Civil Action
302(1)
Physical Harm, Impact or Related Requirements
303(5)
California Standard of Reasonableness and Probability of Disease
308(1)
Choosing From Among the Alternatives
309(1)
Increased Risk Alone Not Compensable
310(2)
Problem
312(1)
Punitive Damages
313(1)
Constitutional and Other Limitations
314(1)
Johansen v. Combustion Engineering, Inc.
314(10)
Notes and Questions
324(6)
Environmental Statutory Regulation and the Common Law: Preemption and Implied Rights
330(65)
General Principles of Federal Preclusion and Enhancement of Private Rights
330(50)
Introduction
330(1)
Regulation as Enhancing Common Law Rights
331(1)
American Canoe Assoc. v. District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
332(15)
Note
347(1)
Regulation as Precluding Common Law Rights
347(1)
Supreme Court Decisions Precluding Common Law Rights
348(1)
Milwaukee v. Illinois
348(4)
Notes and Questions
352(6)
International Paper Co. v. Ouellette
358(6)
Notes and Questions
364(1)
Cipollone v. Liggett Group
365(10)
Notes and Questions
375(2)
Shaw v. Dow Brands, Inc.
377(2)
Notes and Questions
379(1)
State Judicial Considerations of Preemption: A Complementary Approach
380(4)
Negligence Per Se
384(11)
Notes
386(1)
Sheila Bush, Can You Get There From Here? Noncompliance With Environmental Regulation as Negligence Per Se in Tort Cases
386(4)
Notes and Questions
390(3)
Problem
393(2)
Toxic Products, Processes and Services
395(79)
Introduction: Some General Principles
395(10)
Negligence
396(1)
Breach of Warranty
396(1)
Express Warranty
397(1)
Implied Warranty of Merchantability
397(1)
Implied Warranty of Fitness for a Particular Purpose
398(1)
Proper Plaintiffs to a Warranty Claim
398(1)
Warranty Disclaimers and Limitations
399(1)
Strict Liability in Tort
400(1)
Misrepresentation
401(1)
Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402A: Strict Liability and New Approaches
402(3)
Toxic Product Claims by Type
405(69)
Asbestos
405(1)
Liability Standards and Defenses
405(1)
Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation
406(3)
Notes and Questions
409(5)
Punitive Damages in Asbestos Litigation
414(1)
Fischer v. Johns-Manville Corporation
414(5)
Notes and Questions
419(3)
Alcohol
422(3)
Notes and Questions
425(2)
Prescription Pharmaceuticals, Biological Products and Medical Devices
427(1)
Pharmaceuticals and comment k
427(1)
Brown v. Superior Court
427(5)
Notes and Questions
432(2)
Biological Products: Special Problems of AIDS-Contaminated Blood Products
434(1)
McKee v. Miles Laboratories
434(3)
Notes and Questions
437(3)
Medical Devices
440(1)
Hegna v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
440(3)
Notes and Questions
443(1)
Chemicals
443(1)
Liability Standards for Warnings
443(1)
Werckenthein v. Bucher Petrochemical Company
443(4)
Notes and Questions
447(2)
Bulk Suppliers of Chemicals: The Sophisticated User Defense
449(1)
Swan v. I.P., Inc.
450(9)
Notes and Questions
459(1)
Foreseeable Users and Uses
459(1)
High v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.
459(4)
Notes and Questions
463(1)
Agricultural Chemicals: Use of Express Warranty Theory
463(1)
Ciba--Geigy Corporation v. Alter
463(6)
Notes and Questions
469(3)
Problem
472(2)
Causation
474(106)
Introduction
474(1)
Causation: Did the Toxic Substance Cause Plaintiff's Harm?
474(55)
Introductory Principles
474(1)
Katie Bonner v. ISP Technologies, Inc.
474(2)
Note
476(1)
Problems With Causation Terminology
477(2)
The Dual Causation Question
479(2)
Early Use of Probabilistic Evidence
481(4)
Notes and Questions
485(1)
The Scientific Method: Toxicology and Epidemiology
485(1)
Gerald W. Boston, A Mass Exposure Model of Toxic Causation: The Content of Scientific Proof and the Regulatory Experience
485(9)
Standards of Admissibility of Scientific Evidence
494(2)
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
496(5)
Notes and Questions
501(1)
Problem
502(2)
Sufficiency of the Scientific Evidence: Nature and Quantum of Proof
504(1)
Minimalist Requirements
504(1)
Notes and Questions
505(2)
Intermediate Standard of Sufficiency
507(4)
Rigorous Standards of Sufficiency: The Bendectin Litigation
511(1)
Brock v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
511(6)
Notes and Questions
517(8)
Problem
525(1)
Note on Exposure as an Element of Causation
526(3)
Plaintiff Indeterminacy
529(12)
Individualized Model: Allen v. United States
530(2)
Notes and Questions
532(2)
The Collective Model: Agent Orange
534(1)
In re Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation
534(2)
Notes and Questions
536(5)
Did the Defendant Cause Plaintiff's Harm: The Indeterminate Defendant Problem
541(22)
Some Devices to Overcome Defendant Indeterminacy
541(1)
Alternative Liability
541(1)
Concert of Action Theory
542(1)
Enterprise or Industry--Wide Liability
542(1)
Market Share Liability
543(1)
Notes and Questions
544(4)
Market Share at the Boundaries: Factor VIII and Lead Paint
548(1)
Factor VIII and Contaminated Blood Products
548(1)
Smith v. Cutter Biological, Inc.
548(8)
Notes and Questions
556(1)
Problem
556(2)
Lead Paint Pigments
558(2)
Notes and Questions
560(1)
Note on Lead Paint and Causation
561(2)
Apportionment of the Harm or Damage
563(17)
Apportionment Between Plaintiff and Defendant
563(1)
Dafler v. Raymark Industries, Inc.
563(6)
Notes and Questions
569(2)
Apportionment or Joint and Several Liability Among Tortfeasors
571(1)
Michie v. Great Lakes Steel Division
572(3)
Notes and Questions
575(2)
Problem
577(3)
Workplace Injuries and Toxic Substances: Intersection of Workers' Compensation and Tort Liability
580(41)
Introduction to the Workers' Compensation System
580(4)
A Brief History
580(1)
Issue Preclusion
581(3)
Avoiding the Exclusivity Bar
584(19)
The Intentional Tort Exception to Exclusivity
584(1)
Notes and Questions
585(1)
Judicial Rationales for Creating the Exception
586(1)
The ``Non-accident'' Rationale
586(1)
Larson's Approach to the Accident Exception
586(1)
The ``Severed'' Relationship Rationale
586(1)
The ``Intentional'' Tort Standard Used by States
587(1)
The Majority Rule: Deliberate Intent to Cause Injury
587(1)
``Substantial Certainty'' Test of Intent
587(1)
Wilful, Wanton or Reckless Test
587(1)
Legislative Standards of Intent
587(1)
Toxic Exposure Cases
588(1)
Dan J. Oros v. Hull & Assoc., Inc.
588(8)
Note
596(1)
Deceit Exception
597(1)
Notes and Questions
598(1)
Actions by Spouses or Children Against Employers
599(1)
Claims by Spouses
599(1)
Claims by Children
600(1)
Fetal Protection Policies
601(1)
Take--Home Toxics
602(1)
Aggravation of Injury Exception
603(1)
Occupational Disease Acts
603(12)
Introduction
603(1)
Judicial Application of Occupational Disease Acts
604(1)
Palmer v. Del Webb's High Sierra
605(3)
Notes and Questions
608(1)
Distinguishing Diseases Incident to One's Employment From the Ordinary Diseases of Life
608(1)
Intentional Tort Exception in Occupational Diseases
609(1)
A Note on Environmental Tobacco Smoke
610(2)
Notes and Questions
612(1)
Employees' Actions for Relief
613(1)
Injunctive Relief
613(1)
Claims Based on Workers' Compensation Acts
613(1)
Claims Based on Negligence
614(1)
Miscellaneous Contexts
615(1)
Occupational Safety and Health Requirements
615(6)
Toxic and Hazardous Substances
616(1)
OSHA Recordkeeping Requirements
617(1)
Hazardous Chemicals
617(1)
The Role of Non--Compliance and Compliance
618(3)
CERCLA: Liability and Compensation for Cleaning Up Hazardous Substances
621(244)
Overview of Cercla
621(3)
Introduction
621(2)
Principal Statutory Provisions
623(1)
Government Actions
624(32)
Release or Threatened Release
625(1)
Hazardous Substance
626(1)
No Threshold Minimum
626(1)
Useful Product or Waste
627(1)
Exclusions and Underground Storage Tanks
628(1)
Facility
629(1)
National Priorities List
630(1)
Damages Recoverable by the Government
630(2)
The Government Action: Strict, Retroactive and Joint and Several Liability Rules
632(3)
In the Matter of Bell Petroleum Services, Inc.
635(11)
Notes and Questions
646(1)
The ``Typical'' Government Action: United States v. Monsanto
646(3)
Notes and Questions
649(1)
Divisibility of Harm: The Alcan Opinions
650(3)
Notes and Questions
653(3)
Parties Liable Under Cercla
656(32)
Current Owners and Operators
656(1)
Note
656(2)
Liability of Corporations and Affiliated Firms and Persons: Direct and Derivative Liability and Parent Corporations
658(1)
United States v. Bestfoods et al.
658(10)
Notes and Questions
668(7)
Advising Your Client
675(4)
Liability of Successor Entities
679(6)
Lenders as Owners
685(1)
Judicial Division
685(1)
EPA Lender Rule
685(1)
Congress Enacts Cercla Lender Amendment
686(1)
Redefinition of Owner
686(1)
Operational Versus Financial or Administrative Control
686(1)
Foreclosure Definition
687(1)
Participation in Management
687(1)
Foreclosure
688(1)
Private Cost Recovery Actions
688(17)
What are Private Cost Recovery Actions?
688(1)
Plaintiff's Prima Facie Case
689(1)
Compliance With the NCP
690(1)
General Rule
690(1)
State Claims Cannot Circumvent the NCP
691(1)
Is Compliance with State-Ordered Cleanups Sufficient?
692(1)
Moral of the Story on the NCP Compliance
693(1)
Proof of Compliance as Affecting Liability or Damages
694(1)
Recovery of Attorneys' Fees
695(1)
Key Tronic Corporation v. United States et al.
696(5)
Notes and Questions
701(1)
Causation in Private Cost Recovery Actions
702(1)
What Kind of Test to Apply
702(2)
Special Problems of Two-Site Cases
704(1)
Statutory Defenses to Cercla Liability
705(24)
Third--Party Defense
706(2)
Notes and Questions
708(1)
State of New York v. Lashins Arcade Co.
709(7)
Notes and Questions
716(6)
Innocent Landowner Defense
722(1)
Background
722(1)
Congress' Attempt to Create a Defense for Purchasers
722(2)
Caused ``Solely By'' Requirement
724(1)
Failure to Exercise Reasonable Care
725(1)
Failure to Perform Appropriate Inquiry
726(2)
Successful Invocations of the Defense
728(1)
Allocating the Clean-Up Costs: Contribution Actions and Other Devices
729(112)
Standards for Obtaining Contribution
729(1)
Contribution Summarized
730(1)
Private Cost Recovery Actions under § 107 Versus Contribution Actions under § 113
731(1)
Pre--SARA Developments
731(1)
Congress Enacts Explicit Contribution Remedy
732(1)
Continuing Confusion
733(3)
New Castle County et al. v. Halliburton NUS Corp.
736(6)
Notes and Questions
742(7)
Problems
749(3)
The Allocation Process in Contribution Actions
752(1)
Introduction
752(1)
Elements of the Contribution Action
753(2)
United States v. R. W. Meyer, Inc.
755(3)
Notes and Questions
758(2)
More on Approaches to Allocating Costs
760(1)
Per Capita
760(1)
Comparative Fault
760(1)
Comparative Causation
761(1)
Gore Amendment
761(1)
Other Relevant Factors
762(1)
Control Data Corporation v. S.C.S.C. Corp.
763(5)
Notes and Questions
768(5)
Contribution and Causation
773(1)
Acushnet Company v. Mohasco Corporation
773(10)
Notes and Questions
783(10)
Note on Joint and Several Liability
793(1)
Revisiting the § 113(f) Versus § 107 Debate
793(2)
Courts of Appeal Move to Joint and Several: Carter-Jones Lumber Co.
795(1)
Seventh Circuit Adopts Broader Joint and Several Liability Recognition
796(1)
Browning--Ferris Industries of Illinois, Inc. v. Richard Ter Maat, et al.
797(4)
Notes and Questions
801(2)
Literature
803(1)
Causation: Final Thoughts
804(2)
Rights to a Jury Trial
806(1)
Effect of Settlement With the Government
806(1)
Effect of Settlement on Contribution: Cercla's Provisions
807(2)
Rumpke of Indiana, Inc. v. Cummins Engine Company, Inc., et al.
809(9)
Notes and Questions
818(5)
Judicial Review of Settlements
823(5)
Diversity of Views on Nonsettlor Liability
828(1)
Framing the Issue
828(1)
The Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act and § 113(f)(2): Pro Tanto or Dollar Reduction Method
829(4)
Uniform Comparative Fault Act and § 113(f): Proportionate Reduction
833(8)
Indemnification Agreements
841(24)
The Statutory Provision
841(1)
Are Such Agreements Permitted Under Cercla?
841(3)
How Should Such Agreements be Construed?
844(1)
Unknown Liabilities
844(1)
Effect of Pre-Cercla Contracts on Cercla Claims
845(1)
Governing Law
846(2)
What Role for Sophistication of the Parties?
848(2)
Trace Amounts and Rationality
850(1)
SDC/Pullman Partners v. Tolo Incorporated
850(8)
Notes and Questions
858(2)
Problem
860(5)
Insurance
865(39)
Introduction
865(1)
Insurance Coverage for Environmental and Toxic Torts
866(14)
Occurrence
867(1)
The General Rule
867(1)
Differing Views
868(1)
Objective versus Subjective Test
869(1)
Problem
870(1)
Bodily Injury and Emotional Harm
871(1)
Property Damage
872(2)
Triggers of Coverage for Bodily Injury
874(1)
Exposure
874(2)
Manifestation/Discovery
876(1)
Injury-in-Fact
876(1)
Multiple or Continuous Trigger
877(1)
Triggers of Coverage for Property Damage
878(1)
Number of Occurrences
878(2)
Special Insurance Problems of Environmental Cleanups
880(24)
Pay ``As Damages'' and ``Suit'' Controversies
880(1)
Coakley v. Maine Bonding and Casualty Company
880(9)
Notes and Questions
889(2)
Sudden and Accidental Pollution Exclusion
891(1)
Sudden and Accidental Exception to the Pollution Exclusion
891(3)
Problem
894(1)
Does the Claim Involve Release of a ``Pollutant'' into the Atmosphere?
895(2)
Absolute Pollution Exclusion
897(2)
Personal Injury Endorsement
899(2)
Owned Property Exclusion
901(1)
Known Risk Limitation
902(2)
Defenses
904(48)
Introduction
904(1)
Statutes of Limitation for Injury to Real Property
905(12)
Mangini v. Aerojet-General Corporation
905(6)
Notes and Questions
911(6)
Statutes of Limitation in Product and Occupational Exposure Cases
917(10)
Date of the Injury
917(1)
Accrual Based on the Discovery Rule
918(1)
Evenson v. Osmose Wood Preserving Company of America, Inc.
919(4)
Notes and Questions
923(3)
Problem
926(1)
Successive Actions and Statutes of Limitation
927(12)
Wilson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation
928(5)
Notes and Questions
933(6)
Statutes of Repose
939(3)
How They Differ From Statutes of Limitation
939(2)
Constitutional Questions
941(1)
Revival Statutes
942(1)
Contributory Fault/Assumption of the Risk in Real Property Actions
943(6)
Defenses to Nuisance and Real Property Actions
943(1)
Contributory Negligence or Fault
943(1)
Assumption of the Risk
944(1)
Coming to the Nuisance
945(2)
Sale of Property Defense
947(2)
Plaintiff's Conduct as a Bar in Toxic Products Cases
949(3)
Special Problems in Trial Management and Settlement of Toxics Litigation
952(63)
Class Actions
952(12)
Dennis Mullen, et al. v. Treasure Chest Casino, LLC, et al.
954(7)
Notes and Questions
961(1)
Notes and Questions
962(2)
Other Aggregative or Disaggregative Procedures
964(3)
Consolidation
964(1)
Bifurcation of Claims and Issues
965(1)
Multidistrict Litigation
966(1)
Asbestos Litigation: Classes, Consolidations, Bifurcations and Multidistrict Litigation
967(13)
In re Fibreboard Corporation
968(6)
Notes and Questions
974(6)
Judicial Case Management
980(10)
``Lone Pine'' Orders
980(3)
Notes and Questions
983(2)
Protective Orders
985(1)
Non-disclosure Orders
985(1)
Donor Identification
986(1)
Sanctions for Violation of Protective Orders
987(1)
Gag Orders; Sealing of Documents
988(2)
State Statutes
990(1)
Settlements
990(10)
General Strategy
990(5)
Releases of Future Injuries
995(1)
Green Cards and Medical Monitoring
996(1)
General Approach
996(1)
Three Mile Island
996(1)
Fernald Litigation
997(1)
Distribution of Settlement Funds
998(1)
Value Protection Programs
998(2)
Choice-of-Law Problems
1000(9)
Lex Loci Delecti: Vested Rights
1001(1)
Most Significant Relationship
1001(1)
Strongest Governmental Interest
1001(1)
Other Approaches
1002(1)
Proposals for Reform
1002(1)
Federal Substantive Law
1002(2)
Federal Common Law
1004(2)
Federalized Choice of Law
1006(2)
Notes and Questions
1008(1)
Judicial Management of Scientific and Technology Issues
1009(6)
Use of Court--Appointed Experts
1010(1)
Special Masters
1011(1)
Reasons for Underutilization
1012(1)
Recommendations for Change
1012(2)
Notes and Questions
1014(1)
Index 1015

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