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Product Liability

Sep. 4, 1999

Claim of Substance

Claim of Substance New Pleading Requirements in Toxic Tort Cases By Barry N. Endick, Raymond J. Tittmann and William S. Choy Should a plaintiff with a latent disease be permitted to sue hundreds of manufacturers of products that potentially could have caused the injury - and then leave it up to the defendants to either settle or try to exonerate themselves at considerable expense? Bockrath v. Aldrich Chemical Co. Inc. , 21 Cal.4

        By Barry N. Endick, Raymond J. Tittmann and William S. Choy
        
        Should a plaintiff with a latent disease be permitted to sue hundreds of manufacturers of products that potentially could have caused the injury - and then leave it up to the defendants to either settle or try to exonerate themselves at considerable expense? B...

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