Alcolac, Inc., manufactured specialty chemicals for soaps and cosmetics at a plant. Pollution from that plant was said to have damaged the immune systems of families who lived nearby. See Elam v. Alcolac, Inc., 765 S.W. 2d 42, 212-14 (Missouri. App. 1988).

C. Djerassi, The Bitter Pill, Science, Vol. 245, p. 356, 357 (28 July 1989).

RU-486's manufacturer has donated all U.S. patent rights to the Population Council, a nonprofit organization based in Manhattan. See L. Garrett, Abortion Pill Test: Backers Say Prescriptions in U.S. Possible Next Year, Newsday, May 17, 1994, at A05.

Many state courts issue so-called Lone Pine orders to similar effect. Lore v. Lone Pine Corp., No. L-033706-85 (N.J. Super. Ct. Nov. 18, 1986).

Slip op. at 16-17.

The Federal Tort Claims Act governs claims by citizens against the federal government. The act diverges sharply from ordinary tort law in both the procedures it establishes (e.g., trial by judge, not jury) and the substantive standards it prescribes (on such things as punitive damages, discretionary calls, and so on). U.S. libel law likewise sets standards of liability so as to minimize the chilling effect of tort litigation on the press, and requires close review of jury verdicts by appellate courts.