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03159aam a2200397 i 4500 001 2297B7A878F711ECAF30597D2FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220119010213 008 210306s2021 mdu b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2021933120 020 $a 1793652120 020 $a 9781793652126 035 $a (OCoLC)1240575374 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCO $d RCJ $d CLU $d TXQ $d WLL $d OCLCO $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a KF8896 $b .C43 2021 100 1 $a Champion, Walter T., $c Jr., $d 1950- $e author. 245 10 $a Blood in the water : $b feeding frenzies and the mass tort phenomenon / $c Walter Champion, Carlos A. Velasquez. 264 1 $a Lanham, Maryland : $b Lexington Books, $c [2021] 300 $a xiii, 207 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $t Tort reform or tort retreat. $t Car foes : unsafe at any speed -- $t Car woes : Pinto combustibles -- $t Bendectin and birth defects -- $t Agent Orange -- $t Dalkon shield litigation -- $t Asbestos exposure -- $t The silicosis bust -- $t Tobacco industry litigation -- $t Lawyers, guns, and money -- $t Lockerbie and mass disasters -- $t Big pharma generally -- $t Direct-to-consumer advertising -- $t FDA : a wizard should know better! -- $t The Vioxx moment -- $t Hip, knee, and breast implants -- $t Football concussions -- $t College football players, Larry Nassar, and the culture of rape -- $t Tort reform or tort retreat. 520 $a "[The] authors ... look at mass tort litigation in a variety of formats including lawsuits against manufacturers and Big Pharma. The authors argue that without the personal injury bar, outrageous examples of rampant corporate greed would continue to this day. They reference many class actions such as the exploding Pinto, Agent Orange, the Opioid epidemic, concussions in the NFL, and the Boeing 737 Max scandal. [Tort] reform zealots argue that these lawsuits are bogus and detrimental to the American way of life. ... [The authors] argue that attorneys are the only means to alleviate the excesses of corporate greed by showing multiple cases of mistakes that were purposefully ignored because of the quest for corporate gain. Big corporations live by a cost/benefit analysis that allow and even foster the inevitable lawsuit which results from their greed."--Back cover. 650 0 $a Class actions (Civil procedure) $z United States. 650 0 $a Torts $z United States. 650 0 $a Tort liability of corporations $z United States. 650 0 $a Corporate culture $z United States. 650 0 $a Value analysis (Cost control) $x Moral and ethical aspects. 650 7 $a Corporate culture. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00879624 650 7 $a Tort liability of corporations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01152877 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 700 1 $a Velasquez, Carlos A., $e author. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Champion, Walter T., Jr., 1950- $t Blood in the water. $d Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2021] $z 9781793652133 $w (OCoLC)1258218863 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220526014126.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2297B7A878F711ECAF30597D2FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search