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Mass Tort

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A quick definition of Mass Tort:

A mass tort is when something bad happens that hurts a lot of people. This could be an explosion, a plane crash, or pollution from a factory. Instead of just one person suing, many people sue together because they were all hurt in the same way. This is called a mass tort. Sometimes, the people suing can't be a class, so they have to sue individually. Other times, they can be a class and sue together in one big lawsuit.

A more thorough explanation:

A mass tort is a legal action that involves numerous individuals who have been harmed or injured by the same act or omission. This can include events such as explosions, commercial plane crashes, groundwater contamination due to toxic waste disposal, or noxious pollution from industrial factories.

Mass tort actions are not single cases, but rather groupings of individual lawsuits that allege the same issues against the same defendant(s). These actions are used to seek remedies in situations where a class cannot be certified or there exists some benefit over filing a class action lawsuit.

For example, if a company's toxic waste disposal contaminates the groundwater in a community, causing numerous individuals to suffer health problems, each individual may file a separate lawsuit against the company. These individual lawsuits would be grouped together as a mass tort action.

Mass torts can also give rise to mass tort class action lawsuits, where a complaint from a class representative, a person representing a class of injured individuals, is heard in one suit by federal courts under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, so long as the involved parties establish minimal diversity.

Another example of a mass tort is the litigation against the manufacturers of the drug Vioxx. The drug was found to increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes, and thousands of individuals filed lawsuits against the manufacturers. These individual lawsuits were grouped together as a mass tort action.

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1a2b3c4d26z
11:15
In this analogy is the LSAT the NFL combine
JumpySubsequentDolphin
11:16
I told my family I won’t get any decisions until 2025 so they wouldn’t bombard me hahah
no i think there should be a Law School combine with all new drills except there is still the 40 yard dash
and a sub 4.5 gets you into any t14
LSAT can be one of the drills
letsseehowitgoesnow
11:17
so washu only called one person
So all the D1 athletes will get into a T-14. What else is new?
@TheAdoptedOne: that is called "Dean Poker Night" lol
@ClockworkBlue: I feel like most people could train for the 40 for the same amount of time as they do the LSAT and get close to sub 5 which would be equivalent to a 167+
this is like the schizophrenic posts JJK tik tok be putting out
powerscaling Law School deans up next
11:19
Election Day election day
Write in Dean Z vote
11:20
Saw a guy that wrote in Biden and he said no retirement for you buddy
1a2b3c4d26z
11:20
@ClockworkBlue: god I hope that's true
if the country was run the same as Mich Law it would be a better place
Imagine if election night was run by an adcom? Like, "yep, we could get the results Friday, or June 2025."
imagine if it was like Berkley applications
1a2b3c4d26z
11:22
Election status: Complete
1a2b3c4d26z
11:22
For months
triplethread
11:23
erection day
soapy
11:23
Shoutout to Robinhood's election bet not resolving until January
triplethread
11:23
is anyone else like certain that trump will win
ambitiouslizard
11:23
he aint winning
triplethread
11:23
i like being a pessimist
ambitiouslizard
11:24
he lost his re-election, why would he win this one?
1a2b3c4d26z
11:25
I have no idea why people have so much beef w berkeley's app
I've been reading a bit about "herding," which is this idea that pollsters are making the race look tied so they look right no matter who wins.
1a2b3c4d26z
11:26
Like... it's a more involved app but you don't have to do it? They're clearly trying to have some self-selection go on
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