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• eNeutral Assists in Resolving Cruise Ship, Asbestos, Diet Drugs, Air Disasters and Other Multi-Party Claims,Insurance Newsnet,  Business Wire, December 9, 2002.
• Mealey's Reports for the latest developments on mass torts, multi-district and arbitration proceedings.
• Asbestos Insurance Exposure estimated to Reach $275 Billion". Article mentions ADR as a solution for resolving claims.

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• "VIOXX: DRUG LIABILITY - A NEW MASS TORT, The Vioxx recall will spawn a wave of litigation related to cardiovascular risks." By Guerry R. Thornton, Jr.
• "Rand Corporation study on the history and impact of Mass Disaster cases on the U.S. civil justice system; proposals to improve the resolution of mass tort claims"
• "Position Statement by Asbestos Litigants to U.S. Supreme Court regarding asbestos controversy and proposed solutions to mass tort crisis." 2002
• A White Paper presenting the vision and strategy of ADR and Videoconferencing, 2002, Homer A. Houchins, Jr. and Ann S. Clanton.
• "Settlement of Mass Torts in a Federal System" by Francis E. McGovern, Wake Forest Law Review, Vol.36, #4.
• "Mass Tort Litigation Plans and ADR Process" A case example, The Dalkon Shield Claim Resolution Process, by Guerry Thornton, Esq., "Texas Trial Lawyers Forum 1989.
• "The European Diet Drug Experience," Research related to the  $4.5 Billion Fen-Phen Drug Settlement Trust by Guerry Thornton, Jr.

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