Does not include the Appendices in the full report of the same title.

The Report of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules and the Working Group on Mass Torts to the Chief Justice of the U.S. and to the Judicial Conference of the U.S. Chapters include: letter of transmittal to the Chief Justice; introduction; summary; the mass torts phenomenon; discrete problems of mass torts; potential solutions for consideration; and protocols for further action. The extensive appendices are available in a separate volume.

Contains the extensive appendices to the Report of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules and the Working Group on Mass torts to the Chief Justice of the U.S. and to the Judicial Conference of the U.S. In this report, the Committee has explored the mass torts phenomenon and the problems and risks that it presents to existing judicial mechanisms. The appendices include: Participants at Four Special Conferences; Notes on Meetings; Mass Tort Problems and Proposals: A Report to the Mass Torts Working Group, Thomas E. Willging; Mass Torts Limited Fund and Bankruptcy Reorganization Settlements: Four Case Studies; and Various Proposals Considered.