mass tort

collocation in English

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mass
adjective[before noun]
uk
/mæs/us
/mæs/
having an effect on or involving a large number of people or forming a ...
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tort
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtɔːt/us
/ˈtɔːrt/
an action that is wrong but can be dealt with in a civil court rather than a ...
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(Definition ofmassandtortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Since 1983, he has headed the firm'smasstortdivision.
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Practice areas include catastrophic personal injury,masstortand whistleblower cases.
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His practice includes class actions/masstortwork.
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He has obtained over nine billion dollars in settlements and verdicts and is widely known as an industry expert inmasstortlitigation.
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In addition, significant efforts were devoted to representing plaintiffs inmasstort, environmental contamination litigation, and class actions.
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As a result, new practices emerged in areas such as health care, intellectual property andmasstort.
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Hinck's law practice concentrates onmasstortlitigation representing plaintiffs in pension plan, investor, consumer and environmental cases.
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The firm is national known for its mass torts plaintiff practice against pharmaceutical companies.
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Mass torts also involve high individual damage awards; thus, the absence of class treatment will not impede the ability of individual claimants to seek justice.
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From 1992 to 1994, she was special master for another mass torts case involving property damaged by asbestos.
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