The abuse of medical diagnostic practices in mass litigation
Subtitle: the case of silica
By: Stephen J. Carroll, Lloyd Dixon, James M. Anderson, Thor Hogan, Elizabeth M. Sloss.
Contributors: Carroll, Stephen J., 1940-; Institute for Civil Justice (U.S.)
Publisher: RAND
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780833049124
Subjects: Industrial safety -- Law and legislation -- United States; Silicosis -- Law and legislation -- United States; Class actions (Civil procedure) -- United States -- Corrupt practices; Evidence, Expert -- United States -- Corrupt practices; Medical jurisprudence -- United States -- Corrupt practices
Notes: "This research was supported by the RAND Institute for Civil Justice, the National Industrial Sand Association, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform, and the Coalition for Litigation Justice."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The exposure of diagnosing abuses in silica litigation; title: Factors that contributed to and worked against the exposure of diagnosing abuses in silica litigation; title: Changes with potential to increase the likelihood that diagnosing abuses in mass personal injury litigation will be prevented or exposed.