Personal Injury & Torts
Aug. 7, 1999
Personal Proof
By Michael D. Adams and Gregg A. Farley A recent flurry of mass-tort cases have attempted to substitute statistics in place of traditional methods of proof in an effort to circumvent the evidentiary problems that often arise when thousands or even millions of alleged injuries are combined in a single suit. The courts, however, have been reluctant to discard the traditional requirement of proving causation and damages for each individual injury.
By Michael D. Adams and Gregg A. Farley
A recent flurry of mass-tort cases have attempted to substitute statistics in place of traditional methods of proof in an effort to circumvent the evidentiary problems that often arise when thousands or even millions of alleged injuries are combined in a single suit. The courts, howeve...
A recent flurry of mass-tort cases have attempted to substitute statistics in place of traditional methods of proof in an effort to circumvent the evidentiary problems that often arise when thousands or even millions of alleged injuries are combined in a single suit. The courts, howeve...
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