Mass Tort

The mass tort more or less is an injury or death caused to lot of people usually through a specific product or environmental disasters.

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Mass Tort Scenario

A large number of people who have been harmed in a similar way but the injuries may have little difference.Mass tort cases are not class actions that the many people donot understand. For instance, a power plant or a chemical plant explodes. Due to that, a lot of workers are burned, paralyzed, lose arms and legs that’s a mass tort. But each of those workers still has their own individual lawsuit.

Selecting the similar cases from the broader pool of litigation for the purpose of understanding the value of the case, the strength and weakness of both the defendants and plaintiffs. It has to be done in an effort to try to hopefully come up with some sort of value of global resolution and the finality of the case in favor of plaintiff.

Basic Information of a Claim

Agency?

What agency is involved?

How?

How did the loss happen?

Where?

Where did the loss happen?

Loss?

Theory of Loss, Financial Loss?

Mass Tort Claims Observations

Zantac

Extremely high levels of NDMA were found in Zantac which may result in one of about 10 cancers that attorneys are investigating

JUUL

The manufacturers deceptively marketed a highly concentrated nicotine delivery systems to teenagers in order to get them addicted to JUUL products

Round up

A Weed Killer. Round causes non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma due to its active ingredient - glyphosate

Valsartan

Medication used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. Causing liver damage, tumors and cancers

Paragard

FDA updated the label to warn that the Paragard could get lodged inside the body and break before or during removal

Elmiron

Prescription medication that is used to treat regional bladder and pelvic pain. Causing serious vision problems.