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... The new tort system, to start with, can sweep into any particular risk controversy large fractions of a community, or the population of a state, or even the population of the country. With asbestos, Agent Orange, the Dalkon Shield, the whooping cough vaccine, and so on, tort lawyers can deal directly with hundreds of defendants and millions of plaintiffs; indirectly, they can affect millions more.
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  • agent orange
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  • greatly extended
  • dalkon shield


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