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31 Pepp. L. Rev. 203 (2003-2004)
Asbestos Litigation and Bankruptcy: A Case Study for Ad Hoc Public Policy Limitations on Joint and Several Liability

handle is hein.journals/pepplr31 and id is 213 raw text is: Asbestos Litigation and Bankruptcy: A Case Study for Ad Hoc Public Policy Limitations on Joint and Several Liability Richard L. Cupp, Jr.* TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. THE ASBESTOS CRISIS I1. JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY: A POLICY-DRIVEN CREATION OF THE COURTS III. PUBLIC POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF ALLOWING JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY TO APPLY TO ASBESTOS LITIGATION AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS A. Chapter 11 Bankruptcies Cause Particularly Significant Societal Harm in the Context of Asbestos Litigation B. The Case for Treating Joint and Several Liability Uniquely in Peripheral Defendant Asbestos Litigation IV. CONCLUSION 203 * Professor of Law & Associate Dean. Academics. Pepperdine University School of Law. I thank the Coalition for Asbestos Justice, Inc. and the Pepperdine University School of Law for providing separate research grants. and Heather Burgess (J.D. candidate, 2004) for her outstanding research assistance.