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5 Aug 2017, 3:48 am
Moreover, it is also possible that claimant was exposed to deadly asbestos while enlisted in the military, as a commissioned officer in the military, or as a civil contractor in the military. [read post]
15 Mar 2018, 11:22 am
Codified in F.S. 774.202, the act was supposedly intended to preserve funds for future asbestos injury claimants. [read post]
17 Oct 2008, 7:11 pm
A class action suit filed by 150 claimants in Madison County claims that they were unaware of the dangers of asbestos exposure because of false and misleading information provided. [read post]
16 Sep 2011, 11:43 am
The company said its plan involves establishing a pair of trusts to compensate personal injury claimants and property owners in connection with their asbestos-related claims against Grace. [read post]
27 Aug 2012, 9:45 am
Studies indicate that asbestos payments increased 75% in the past year. [read post]
17 Jan 2014, 5:49 am
I wrote about the coaching of asbestos claimants to “remember” working with certain products and not others in my 2004 book The Rule of Lawyers and in this earlier Reason column. [read post]
21 Oct 2011, 3:43 am
We hope that Congress’s growing attention to this important issue will ensure that the trusts operate in a manner fair to asbestos victims and job-creating businesses, not plaintiffs’ lawyers and fraudulent claimants. [read post]
15 Feb 2019, 6:41 am
Since then, asbestos litigation has been the longest, most expensive mass tort in U.S. history, involving more than 8,000 defendants and 700,0000 claimants at a cost protected to approach $750 billion. [read post]
17 Aug 2013, 11:43 am
A consultant for the claimants, however, says that the figure should be closer to $1.3 billion to cover current and future claims. [read post]
7 Jul 2016, 1:29 pm
Many of the bankrupted companies – and claimants – have relied on previous insurance policies to make good on claim payments. [read post]
30 Oct 2012, 6:55 am
The settlement also requires the local claimants to withdraw any objections they had to the company's bankruptcy plan. [read post]
18 Nov 2008, 10:36 am
The Court is likely to determine the point when mesothelioma is sustained, a decision which may have major implications for the insurance market and for potential asbestos claimants (see previous blog by clicking here). [read post]
1 Nov 2016, 4:48 am
The parties acknowledged that asbestos claimants develop an asbestos-related disease by being subjects of gradual and continuous injurious processes. [read post]
1 Mar 2017, 12:47 pm
Additionally, two new asbestos trust funds were established by Kalispell law firm, whose 826 claimants will be offered $18 million, and by Great Falls law firm, whose 261 clients will be awarded $6 million. [read post]
20 Jun 2013, 6:50 pm
The NY Times, in an Editorial, wrote, "The bill would also increase the burden on claimants to supply information. [read post]
31 Jan 2012, 5:36 am
These cases, filed in the late 1970s, up for trial in the mid-1980s, often had a letter in the claimant’s personnel file from the JAG officer, noting that the man had been diagnosed with asbestosis and urging him to seek legal counsel to consider a civil suit against the Navy’s suppliers. [read post]
16 Jul 2020, 2:43 am
I suspect asbestos will be one. [read post]
22 May 2013, 7:10 pm
As asbestos liabilities force more and more companies to file for bankruptcy, legislators need to preserve assets for appropriate claimants; the secrecy and abuse associated with the trusts undermines this as well. [read post]
17 Apr 2012, 5:14 am
A Ministry of Justice Report released in March 2012 has confirmed that the implementation of the Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010 (the "Act") is to be delayed until 2013.The Act replaces legislation dating back to 1930 and will streamline the process by which a claimant (including those suffering from asbestos related diseases) can claim against the insurer of an insolvent wrongdoer. [read post]
10 Mar 2017, 7:36 am
The company memorandum went on to indicate that it vigorously defends asbestos-related claims, and that 8 in 10 claims of asbestos-related injury filed against the company have been resolved with no payment to the claimant. [read post]
