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Sequenced Discovery in Mass Tort Litigation

This article focuses on sequenced discovery ' an underutilized tool that permits courts to focus initial discovery on general causation. Sequenced discovery front-loads the issue of general causation and prevents plaintiffs from dragging out litigation without having been put to the test of proving that the product at issue can cause the alleged injury.

24 minute read December 31, 2014 at 11:00 PM
By
Andrew K. Solow, Aaron Levine And Daniel Meyers
Sequenced Discovery in Mass Tort Litigation

In the often-quoted words of the Honorable Richard A. Posner, “the courtroom is not the place for scientific guesswork, even of the inspired sort. Law lags science; it does not lead it.”

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