What is Mass Tort?
The mass tort more or less is an injury or death caused to lot of people usually through a specific product. 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 do not 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.
It is usually arising in the form of
Basic information of a claim
- What agency is involved?
- How did the loss happen?
- Where did the loss happen?
- What is the theory of loss?
- What is the financial loss incurred in the damage?
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Consolidation process in Mass tort
It is trying to gather and compile information that is the same or similar across the broad spectrum of all the plaintiffs involved in the case. When we have thousands of cases pending, it is important to simply try to categorize the cases in order to understand where the similarities and dissimilarities may lie once the plaintiff fact sheet has been received.
Dealing with Mass tort
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.
Active Mass Torts Claims in 2021
- JUUL
The manufacturers deceptively marketed a highly concentrated nicotine delivery systems to teenagers in order to get them addicted to JUUL products - Round up - Weed Killer
Round causes non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma due to its active ingredient – glyphosate - Zantac
Extremely high levels of NDMA were found in Zantac which may result in one of about 10 cancers that attorneys are investigating - 3M Dual-sided Combat Arms and Earplugs
Causing tinnitus or deafness due to defective manufacture - Hernia Mesh - Device implanted to treat pelvic organ prolapse
Causing injuries or complications severely so that the people had to have additional surgeries - Valsartan - Medication used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure
Causing liver damage, tumors and cancers - Paragard - Birth control device
In 2019, the 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
Elmiron is causing serious vision problems
Understanding of MRR on Mass Tort cases are
There are different pieces of news that are going to come out along the way that might change the ride. Patience is important on success of Mass Tort.
In these days, the number of mass tort cases filing is considerably increasing. It is creating the opportunities of developing a specialized expertise in the manufacturers and improved the FDA approval process that the company went through to get their product on the market.
Settlement examples of past mass tort cases are running in the billions
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