Causal Chains and Statistical Links: The Role of Scientific Uncertainty in Hazardous-Substance Litigation
Year: 1988
Type: article
Abstract: Many commentators recognize proof of causation as the paramount obstacle to just resolution of tort claims based on injury from toxic substances.' Causation has thus become the focus of a number of essays and investigations.2 Some authors have argued persuasively for a restructured tort law system that could compensate hazardous-substance injuries appropriately. 3 Others maintain that common law courts cannot cope with the sophisticated social and scientific problems raised by such injuries.4 The latter group argues that a regulatory agency could better resolve hazardous-substance-induced injury claims.5 The debate between those who support modifications of tort law doctrine and those who support an administrative approach to
Author: Troyen A. Brennan
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W655556232