National Economic Report Says Judges' Innovative Trial Procedures Are Favoring the Asbestos Plaintiff

Consolidation, Bouquet & Bifurcation are Forcing Settlements and Boosting Plaintiff Successes, Report Says

A recent paper published by an economic research think tank suggests that the manner in which the judiciary is conducting trials in asbestos cases may be giving plaintiffs a statistical edge over their counterparts and adding to the proliferation of the decades-old mass tort.

According to the paper, which was authored by Michelle J. White of the National Bureau of Economic Research, the nation's judges, in an attempt to move massive numbers of asbestos claims through their dockets, have created an environment that favors asbestos …