Public Nuisance

by Linda S. Mullenix

In Public Nuisance, Linda Mullenix describes the landscape of 21st century mass tort litigation involving public harms - including lead paint, opioids, firearms, e-cigarettes, climate change, and environmental pollution - and the novel theory of public nuisance that lawyers and local governments have used to receive compensation from those who have created public nuisances. The book surveys conflicting judicial decisions rooted in common law and statutory...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009334921
• ISBN13: 9781009334921
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"