California Asbestos Litigation—The Big Picture

About the Author photo-1The discussion below was developed from Professor Deborah R. Hensler's keynote address at a May 7, 2004, University of San Francisco School of Law Continuing Legal Education Program on asbestos litigation. Professor Hensler is the Judge John W. Ford Professor of Dispute Resolution at Stanford Law School and Director of the Stanford Center on Conflict Negotiation. Formerly, she was the Director of the RAND Institute for Civil Justice. The event was sponsored in part by this publication.

I would like to provide you with the big picture of asbestos litigation. This should provide a …