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Tags: FIREARMS industry; CLASS actions (Civil procedure); GUN control
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- Dateline Washington. Blake, Kevin // Consumers' Research Magazine;Jan2000, Vol. 83 Issue 1, p6
Reports that United States (US) President Bill Clinton administration threatened to file a class-action lawsuit against gun makers on behalf of public housing authorities across the US. Factor to which the action is attributed; How the administration would hit the industry to force an out-court...
- Targeting gun makers. Bai, Matt // Newsweek;04/13/98, Vol. 131 Issue 15, p37
Reports that more parties are willing to sue the gun industry in the United States in 1998. The efforts by Bobby McDaniel, lawyer for the family of Natalie Brooks, to sue the manufacturer of the gun which killed her; Why gun makers are taking the legal threats seriously; Efforts to improve the...
- Lawyers, guns and money. Goch, Lynna // Best's Review;Jan2000, Vol. 100 Issue 9, p55
Reports on class-action lawsuits in the United States as of January 2000. Class-action lawsuits faced by health maintenance organizations; Class-action lawsuits faced by tobacco companies; Class-actions filed against gun manufacturers.
- Industry Basks In Class-Action Victory. // National Underwriter / P&C;12/19/2005, Vol. 109 Issue 48, p24
The article reports that the American insurance industry welcomed the enactment of the Class Action Fairness Act in 2005. The law restricts venue shopping by trial lawyers and places limits on state class actions. Other related bills, such as the limitation of the liability of gun manufacturers...
- Trial lawyers target firearms industry. Schulz, Max // Human Events;03/05/99, Vol. 55 Issue 9, p16
Reports that the United States firearms industry has become the target of trial lawyers after the tobacco industry. Cities which have filed class action suits against firearms industry to reimburse them for the cost of dealing with handgun violence; Cities' legal argument in their cases;...
- Courts, plaintiffs lash out at mass tort settlements. Wojcik, Joanne // Business Insurance;12/22/97, Vol. 31 Issue 52, p16
Offers a look at the Supreme Court's rejection of a landmark asbestos pact in 1997. Information on the creation of the American Arbitration Association; Details on the formation of the Asbestos Claims Facility; Reference to a 1994 settlement which was overturned; Details on other litigations.
- Fairness to the absent members of a defendant class: A... Brandt, Elizabeth Barke // Brigham Young University Law Review;1990, Vol. 1990 Issue 3, p909
Presents a revision of Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which recognizes defendant class actions. Types of general class of actions which are authorized by Rule 23; Examination of the three types of class actions that may be certified under Rule 23(b); How two grounds that the...
- Class actions and supplemental jurisdiction: Will Zahn... Simkins, Christopher P. // Brigham Young University Law Review;1996, Vol. 1996 Issue 3, p707
Argues that under a textualist approach to statutory interpretation or under an approach which focuses on legislative history, Zahn versus International Paper Company survives the enactment of 1367. Explanation of the Fifth and Seventh Circuits' decisions; Discussion of the facts and reasoning...
- Furnace makers target plastic vent pipe failures. Mader, Robert P. // Contractor Magazine;Jun97, Vol. 44 Issue 6, p1
Reports on a lawsuit filed in Massachusetts against several manufacturers of plastic vent pipes by a number of furnace makers. Furnace manufacturers' claims against the manufacturers of these pipes; Charges of the lawsuit.
