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Mass Torts

Mass tort is a form of civil litigation in which multiple plaintiffs maintain separate individual claims against one or more defendants for injuries arising from a common wrongful act, defective product, or harmful event.

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5K

Citations

188

Authors

83

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

8

Variants

Mass Tort Litigation

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Publications

144

Some Thoughts on Risk Distribution and the Law of Torts

Guido Calabresi · The Yale Law Journal · 1961 · 489 citations

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Stimulo-deterrent diversion: A concept and its possible application to onion maggot control

James R. Miller, Richard S. Cowles · Journal of Chemical Ecology · 1990 · 255 citations

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Handbook of the Law of Torts

Fowler V. Harper, William L. Prosser · Harvard Law Review · 1941 · 166 citations

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The Causal Connection in Mass Exposure Cases: A "Public Law" Vision of the Tort System

David Rosenberg · Harvard Law Review · 1984 · 158 citations

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Flat covers and flat cotorsion modules

Edgar E. Enochs · Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society · 1984 · 148 citations

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Authors

188

  1. FV
    Fowler V. Harper

    Yale University, United States

    4 publications · 268 citations

    4

    h-index

  2. WL
    William L. Prosser

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    4 publications · 252 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. GE
    G. Edward White

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    3 publications · 137 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. TE
    Theodore Eisenberg

    Cornell University, United States

    3 publications · 121 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. GC
    Guido Calabresi

    Yale University, United States

    3 publications · 550 citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

83

  1. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    134 citations

  2. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    163 citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    117 citations

  4. University of Kansas

    Lawrence, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    25 citations

  5. Islamic Azad University South Tehran Branch

    Tehran, Iran

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    70 citations

  6. Northeastern University

    Boston, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    94 citations

  7. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    129 citations

  8. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    100 citations

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Venues

  1. Harvard Law Review

    7 publications · 467 citations

    7

    h-index

  2. The Journal of Legal Studies

    JLS · 5 publications · 112 citations

    5

    h-index

  3. Columbia Law Review

    4 publications · 141 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. California Law Review

    4 publications · 134 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

    PROC · 4 publications · 225 citations

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See also

Mass Torts

Procedural Mechanisms

Causation Standards

Resolution Outcomes

Defendant Contexts

Claimant Injuries