Year: 2003
Type: article
Abstract: American litigation has often gained the attention of the world.Three years ago, for example, the $145 billion award against the tobacco industry in a Florida court was front-page news in Japan, at least in the English language papers.In achieving such outcomes, the American lawyer has long seemed unique in the world-almost a cowboy figure doing justice against the odds.In the Florida case, for example, the plaintiffs' lawyer was quoted as saying, "It was a day of reckoning.This was never about money alone.This was about showing those companies up for what they are.' '2 In the same vein, a * Horace 0. Coil ('57) Chair in Litigation,
Source: bepress Legal Repository
Author: Richard L. Marcus
Institution: University of California Hastings College of the Law
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3125085925