@Book{609374796,
author="Gifford, Donald G.",
title="Suing the tobacco and lead pigment industries: government litigation as public health prescription",
year="2010",
publisher="Univ. of Michigan Press",
address="Ann Arbor",
keywords="Products liability; United States; Tobacco; Lead based paint; Law and legislation; Government litigation; Class actions (Civil procedure); Consumer Product Safety; legislation {\&} jurisprudence; Jurisprudence; Lead Poisoning; Liability, Legal",
contents="The morning after the consumer century -- Product-caused diseases confront the law of the Iron Horse -- The first wave of challenges to the individual causation requirement -- The seeds of government-sponsored litigation -- A failure of democratic processes? : legislative responses to the public health problems caused by tobacco and lead pigment -- The government as plaintiff : parens patriae actions against tobacco and gun manufacturers -- Judicial rejection of recovery for collective harm : public nuisance and the Rhode Island paint litigation -- Do litigation remedies cure product-caused public health problems? -- Impersonating the legislature : state attorneys general and parens patriae products litigation.",
note="Donald G. Gifford",
note="Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-297) and index",
isbn="9780472117147",
language="English"
}