defendants’ liability insurance; (2) mass tort defendants typically retain control over their defense, even when they recover … product liability and product liability insurance that emerged near the end of the 20th Century, and (2) the increasingly …This article reports and explains four key findings about the difference between the role of insurance in mass tort …

insurance companies. One of the most notable and debated developments in the law of tort and insurance since the 1970s has been … closed claims database developed by the Insurance Research Council compiling thousands of closed claims under automotive … insurance policies by over 60 insurance companies. These claims include many categories of payments; we concentrated on claims …

, possibly leading to civil and even criminal liability.It now seems clear that criminal liability for the harm caused by a … article examines one particular aspect of the emerging development: the potential criminal liability of the vessel owner or … that the owner's or operator's criminal liability may be based on either vicarious liability for the criminal acts of a …