2012-05-24T14:56:16Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/asbestos-litigation.html http://www.rand.org/law-business-regulation/centers/civil-justice.html Oct 3, 2011 Oct 3, 2011

The RAND Institute for Civil Justice (ICJ) conducts research on all aspects of civil justice, from trends in litigation and jury verdicts to punitive damages, compensation systems, and alternative dispute resolution. Directly or indirectly, civil justice issues have an impact on us all.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1104.html Aug 18, 2011 Aug 18, 2011

Asbestos bankruptcy trusts—created to compensate people injured by the mineral—may be influencing tort cases. The current way that the trusts and the tort cases are linked together may result in payments that are not consistent with the basic principles of the tort liability system.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9603.html Aug 18, 2011 Aug 18, 2011

People with asbestos injuries are increasingly receiving compensation from trusts set up by bankrupt asbestos defendants. This brief documents how courts handling these cases consider trust payments when determining compensation.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2011/08/18.html Aug 18, 2011 Aug 18, 2011

Asbestos bankruptcy trusts—created to compensate people injured by the mineral—may be influencing tort cases. The current way that the trusts and the tort cases are linked together may result in payments that are not consistent with the basic principles of the tort liability system.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR872.html Jul 29, 2010 Jul 29, 2010

<p>While legislative and judicial reforms have made it increasingly difficult to obtain compensation for nonmalignant diseases in the tort system, the trust system remains a source of compensation for such injuries. This report describes the creation, organization, and operation of asbestos personal-injury trusts and compiles publicly available information on the assets, outlays, and governing boards of the 26 largest ones.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9494.html Dec 4, 2009 Dec 4, 2009

<p>This brief analyzes the factors that led to the exposure of widespread abuse in the diagnoses in thousands of silica injury claims in Texas, then suggests ways to uncover such abuses in mass personal-injury litigation more easily in the future.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR774.html Dec 2, 2009 Dec 2, 2009

<p>Silica inhalation injury claims skyrocketed beginning in 2001, prompting concerns that silicia litigation would become a mass tort. It instead collapsed following the uncovering of abusive diagnostic practices, which can be decreased or even prevented if changes in several areas of litigation procedures are pursued.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9155.html Nov 25, 2005 Nov 25, 2005

This research brief describes work documented in Asbestos Litigation (MG-162-ICJ).

http://www.rand.org/law-business-regulation/centers/civil-justice/research/asbestos.html Sep 2, 2005 Sep 2, 2005

Who exactly should be compensated for asbestos exposure? It's an ongoing and contentious debate. RAND Institute for Civil Justice offers a growing body of research on class action lawsuits related to asbestos.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG162.html May 10, 2005 May 10, 2005

<p>Claims for asbestos injuries have risen sharply since the 1990s and total more than 730,000 through 2002. At least 8,400 defendants have paid more than $70 billion on the litigation, 42 percent of which has gone to claimants.</p>

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2005/05/10.html May 9, 2005 May 9, 2005

RAND Study Finds More Than 730,000 People Have Filed Asbestos Injury Claims in U.S., Costing Defendants More Than $70 Billion

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP114.html Dec 31, 2003 Dec 31, 2003

Fashioning a National Resolution of Asbestos Personal Injury Litigation: A Reply to Professor Brickman

http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB397.html Dec 31, 2001 Dec 31, 2001

<p>The number of asbestos claims filed annually, the number and types of firms named as defendants in asbestos litigation, and the costs of the litigation to those defendants have all risen sharply in recent years. Given these trends, the authors examine the dimensions of asbestos litigation: How many claims have been filed? By whom? Against whom? For what kinds of conditions? At what cost and with what economic effects? And, if current trends continue, what will be the future costs of the litigation?</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB362z0.html Dec 31, 2000 Dec 31, 2000

<p>This briefing documents the first phase of a new study on asbestos litigation, now the longest-running mass tort litigation in U.S. history.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7776.html Dec 31, 1991 Dec 31, 1991

Summarizes the scope of asbestos litigation in the United States, the response of the civil justice system to date, and the obstacles to efficient and equitable resolution of asbestos-related personal injury claims.

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<em>Senior Economist</em><br>Ph.D. in economics, Johns Hopkins University; M.S. in economics, Illinois Institute of Technology; B.S. in economics, Illinois Institute of Technology

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<em>Senior Economist</em><br>Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in political science, B.S. in general engineering, Stanford University

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<em>Associate Social Scientist</em><br>Ph.D. in political science, Binghamton University; J.D., Harvard University; M.A. in political science, Binghamton University; B.A. in political science, Wittenberg University