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Suing the tobacco and lead pigment industries : government litigation as public health prescription /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gifford, Donald G., 1952-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Products liability > United States.
Products liability > Tobacco > United States.
Lead based paint > Law and legislation > United States.
Government litigation > United States.
Class actions (Civil procedure) > United States.
Parens patriae
Table of Contents:
  • The morning after the consumer century
  • Product-caused diseases confront the law of the Iron Horse
  • The first wave of challenges to the individual causation requirement
  • The seeds of government-sponsored litigation
  • A failure of democratic processes? : legislative responses to the public health problems caused by tobacco and lead pigment
  • The government as plaintiff : parens patriae actions against tobacco and gun manufacturers
  • Judicial rejection of recovery for collective harm : public nuisance and the Rhode Island paint litigation
  • Do litigation remedies cure product-caused public health problems?
  • Impersonating the legislature : state attorneys general and parens patriae products litigation.