4/12 - What is the difference between a Mass Tort and a Class Action?

Often “mass tort” claimants mistakenly think they are participating in a “class action.” However, Mass Torts and Class Actions are vastly different things. In this program we will define each separately, how they are alike and how they are different.

The presenter and writer of the program, Matt Garretson, has spent 25 years of his life helping to design and administer large scale settlement programs, such as the World Trade Center First Responders, the BP Oil Spill, several Sexual Abuse settlements involving universities and religious organization and dozens of settlements involving pharmaceuticals and medical devices. He is the author of the textbook titled, “Negotiating and Settling Tort Cases,” that lays out how settlement programs should operate.