Mass Tort Liability Civil Law Remedies

With the development of technology and urbanization, more and more Mass torts occur frequently. For examples"Sanlu"milk powder scandal,"Songhua River"pollution incident. These series of incidents belong to mass torts which are much different from traditional torts, they are more complex, more harmful, and the victims are harder to get compensation. However, traditional tort law did not have effective ways to solve this kind of mass torts. This article mainly analyses the imputation principles and constitutions of mass torts. It investigates the advanced legislation of foreign law systems, proposed several suggestions for improving which include punitive compensation, class action, liability insurance and compensation fund.