This installment looks at the problems presented by the Vioxx cases for the litigation system as a whole.

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Two events which took place in the mid-1950s have exerted since then an extraordinary influence over health care. The first event was the development of an effective vaccine against polio, a scientific triumph over a fearsome communicable...

What had been a trickle of litigation over Vioxx became a flood.

Noneconomic damages should be capped and objective safety standards established in order to provide a safe harbor for manufacturers from unfair liability.

Class action settlements avoid the mammoth costs and delay of individual lawsuits or traditional class action litigation.

If the Supreme Court decides to take the Georginecase, it can allow the legal system to retrieve a semblance of justice from what a deplorable exercise in using injured plaintiffs.

The Supreme Court's 2008-2009 term brought modest progress on civil rights, a personnel change that is unlikely to alter the Court's balance, and massive confusion and backpedaling on "business cases."