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Settlement Class Actions And The Limits Of Adjudication, James A. Henderson Jr.
Settlement Class Actions And The Limits Of Adjudication, James A. Henderson Jr.
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
This paper is the Comment for a symposium on Individualized Justice, Mass Torts, and "Settlement Class Actions."
Feasting While The Widow Weeps: Georgine V. Amchen Products, Susan P. Koniak
Feasting While The Widow Weeps: Georgine V. Amchen Products, Susan P. Koniak
Faculty Scholarship
This Article tells the story of Gerogine v. Amchem Products, Inc., a class action involving asbestos-related personal injury claims. Georgine was filed in federal district court on January 15, 1993. On the same day, class counsel and the lawyers for the defendants filed a proposed settlement with the court. The court authorized notice to the class, allowed a period for opt-outs, recognized objectors to the settlement, ordered discovery proceedings, held a fairness hearing, and, in August 1994, approved the settlement. The objectors to the settlement retained me to testify as an expert witness on the ethics of class counsel.