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A mass tort is a civil action involving numerous plaintiffs against one or a few defendants in state or federal court. The lawsuits arise out of the defendants causing numerous injuries through the same or similar act of harm (e.g. a prescription drug, a medical device, a defective product, a train accident, a plane crash, pollution, or a construction disaster).
In a 2014 book about the firm and the topic of personal injury litigation, Josh Young wrote, "It's rare that any major mass tort in the country does not present itself to Levin Papantonio. The firm clearly is considered one of the very few 800-pound gorillas in the field. It has earned that reputation over many decades . . . ."
Virginia differs from many other states in that it does not provide for a right of redemption, by which a debtor can reclaim the property if they raise the money to pay the debt after the foreclosure sale. Furthermore, the debtor can not force the creditor to claim personal property ahead of real property.
Usually, lawsuits end in a settlement, with an empirical analysis finding that less than 2% of cases end with a trial, 90% of torts settle, and around 50% of other civil cases settle. [6] In American law, settlement agreements are normally private contracts , not court orders, except for consent decrees , which are relatively uncommon in the ...
In tort states, you will not have the option to purchase full or limited tort. These options allow you to retain your right to sue an at-fault driver, but in tort states, you never lose that right.
Restitution is available in equity to recover money previously paid to satisfy a court judgment that is later reversed, as the Supreme Court held in Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Florida, 295 U.S. 301 (1935). However, the Court therefore noted that equitable defenses are available where it would not be fair to require the money to be returned.
Alex Murdaugh and Russell Laffitte are accused of stealing $1.3M from his late wife’s wrongful death settlement. Now, millions more are gone after companies bought his kids’ future payments ...
An example of this is a pedestrian crossing a road carelessly and was hit by a driver driving carelessly. Last clear chance – Doctrine under which a plaintiff can recover against comparative and contributory negligence defenses if they can demonstrate that the defendant had the last opportunity to avoid the accident.