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      "date": "2002-12-10",
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      "title": "Multiparty, Multiforum Trial Jurisdiction Act of 2002, P.L. 107-273",
      "summary": "Congress enacted the Multiparty, Multiforum Trial Jurisdiction Act of 2002 as section 11020\nof the\n21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act,  P.L. 107-273 ,\n H.R. 2215 . The Act allows the consolidation of causes of action growing out a single\naccident that involves the deaths of at least 75 individuals that might otherwise have been scattered\nin state and federal courts throughout the nation.\n  Its provisions were gleaned almost entirely from section 3 of  H.R. 860  the\nMultidistrict, Multiparty, Multiforum Trial Jurisdiction Act of 2001.  H.R. 860 \naddressed two areas of concern. Both were designed to save the courts and litigants time and money. \nOne was concerned with the consolidation of state and federal cases arising out of the same major\naccident. It dealt with the difficulties associated with avoiding multiple trials involving the same\nissues and many of the same parties. The other, omitted from the Act, involved the consolidation\nof federal (but not state) cases involving essentially the same issues and parties (but not limited to\na major accident). It dealt with the question of who should decide where cases, transferred to a\nsingle court for pre-trial purposes, should ultimately be tried.",
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