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The Boundaries Of Public Nuisance, Richard O. Faulk, John S. Gray
The Boundaries Of Public Nuisance, Richard O. Faulk, John S. Gray
Richard Faulk
Over the past 20 years, government entities have sought to use the vagueness of generic public nuisance statutes to address complex public health issues, including tobacco use, gun violence, childhood lead poisoning, global warming and the fallout from the subprime mortgage meltdown. Because the tort of public nuisance is so amorphous, many of these entities have sought to is so amorphous, many of these entities have sought to blam industry for societal problems even when the actual harm is often caused by third and fourth parties who misuse or abuse industry's products. Some sympathetic judges have issued abatement orders that …