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Tort Law Issues / Debunking Legal Myths
George Bush
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(3/25/01) George W. Bush: A "Deformer" with Results
Tort Law Issues, Fact Sheets and Reports
(3/25/99) Limiting Punitive Damages: What Will Deter Bad Corporate Conduct Now?
Smoking Guns: Corporate Behavior and the Harmful Impact of a Punitive Damages Cap
(7/19/99) Profits Over Lives -- Long-Hidden Documents Reveal GM Cost-Benefit Analyses Led to Severe Burn Injuries; Disregard for Safety Spurred Large Verdict
(4/21/99) Capping Attorneys Fees: A Way To Keep Injured People Out Of Court
(3/25/99) Statutes of Repose: Eroding Protection Against Older Products
(3/25/99) The Collateral Source Rule: Helping to Balance the Scales of Justice
(7/1/97) Discovery Abuse: How Defendants in Products Liability Lawsuits Hide and Destroy Evidence
(3/25/99) Joint and Several Liability: A Common Law Doctrine Worth Saving
(3/25/99) Shield Laws: Protecting Corporate Manufacturers at the Expense of Injured Parties
Tort Myth Cases and Fact Sheets
Legal Myths: The McDonald's "Hot Coffee" Case
Legal Myths: The West Virginia "Pickle-Jar" Case
(1/15/01) Department of Justice Study Disproves Tort "Reform" Myths
The Facts About Product Liability Lawsuits
Industry Front Groups and Corporate Hypocrisy
(7/26/00) The CALA Files: The Secret Campaign by Big Tobacco and Other Major Industries To Take Away Your Rights
(4/30/00) The National Association of Manufacturers: A Study in Hypocrisy
(1/1/00) Corporate Shill Enterprise: A Public Citizen Report on Citizens for a Sound Economy, a Corporate Lobbying Front Group
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