Mass Torts and the Pursuit of Ethical Finality

Authors

Lynn A. Baker, University of Texas Law SchoolFollow

Keywords

mass; torts; ethics

Abstract

Judges, lawyers, and academics largely agree that comprehensive finality is a central goal of mass tort litigation and settlements. More controversial is whether such finality is normatively preferable, inherently ethically problematic, or can be achieved through nonclass aggregate settlements without running afoul of the existing ethics rules. This Article joins this important debate.

Recommended Citation

Lynn A. Baker, Mass Torts and the Pursuit of Ethical Finality, 85 Fordham L. Rev. 1943 (2017).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol85/iss5/25