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4 Oct 2014, 12:09 pm by Schachtman
Much of Selikoff’s asbestos work that was original was wrong. [read post]
17 Aug 2014, 9:57 pm
Our Boston mesothelioma attorneys understand that, while companies were well aware that they were exposing people to deadly asbestos fibers while they were doing it, now they often try to claim they had no idea. [read post]
13 Mar 2014, 2:11 pm by Peter Breslauer
In Lauren, the plaintiff alleged that defendants, PNC Bank, Assurant, and American Security Insurance Company, “force-placed” hazard insurance on persons with residential mortgages or lines of credit with PNC. [read post]
8 Feb 2014, 6:04 am by Robert Kreisman
Related blog posts: Chicago UPS Workers Pushed Too Far: Demand Reduced Workloads for Health and Safety Seventh Circuit Affirms Denial of Employee’s ERISA Benefits Because of a Breach of Fiduciary Duty Illinois Supreme Court Holds That No Relationship Needed Between Asbestos Exposed Person and Company – Simpkins v. [read post]
20 Jan 2014, 8:05 pm by Walter Olson
“Furniture company founder files federal chair-collapse suit against rival manufacturer” [ABA Journal] Wrangling over Pennsylvania tobacco settlement aftermath “a never-ending buffet for attorneys” [Allentown Morning Call] Florida $27 million smoking award upheld [Daily Business Review] Autonomous cars and tort liability [Kyle Colonna, Case Western RJLTI/SSRN] Asbestos: Death of single fiber theory [Sean Wajert, Pa.] [read post]
4 Jan 2014, 9:47 am by Schachtman
Sleggs, and Paul Marchand, “Diffuse pleural mesothelioma and asbestos exposure in the North Western Cape Province,” 17 Br. [read post]
13 Aug 2013, 3:59 am by Jon Gelman
Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina and is expected to end later this month after a week-and-a-half break, will determine the estimated liability of the company for current and future asbestos claims. [read post]
9 Aug 2013, 7:44 am by Jon Gelman
Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina and is expected to end on Tuesday, will determine the estimated liability of the company for current and future asbestos claims.Peterson’s estimation is in stark contrast with that of a Garlock consultant who came up with a figure of about $270 million in his own estimation. [read post]
4 Jun 2013, 11:22 am by Schachtman
Tobacco companies and others exploited this fact, in face of large relative risks of lung cancer among smokers, to maintain that these epidemiologic assessment were not probative of specific causation. [read post]
13 Mar 2013, 12:03 pm by Schachtman
  Hardy addresses asbestos in several pages of her autobiography, which should be required reading for judges and lawyers coping with asbestos litigation: “The media in industrialized Western countries have publicized the ill effects of asbestos quite out of proportion to the risk, especially that in city streets, schools, hospitals, and drinking water. [read post]
23 Feb 2013, 6:40 am
In this situation, the insurance company first wrote a policy in 1948 for a company that was then known as Western Asbestos Co., later renamed Western MacArthur and purchased by Travelers Co. [read post]
12 Nov 2012, 6:26 am
  It is helpful for a company to have a well thought out appellate strategy in mind before selecting a jury in that jurisdiction. [read post]
12 Oct 2012, 6:26 am by William A. Ruskin
  It is helpful for a company to have a well thought out appellate strategy in mind before selecting a jury in that jurisdiction. [read post]
31 Jul 2012, 1:47 pm by Emma Durand-Wood
Product injury law firm Hissey Kientz wrote about a $48-million asbestos lawsuit award in California, and the new book, Pharmaggedon, which describes the influence of pharmaceutical companies on health research data. [read post]
15 Jun 2012, 9:11 am
Although environmentalists acknowledge that it is likely no MORE toxic than so many other ships recycled at Alang, a petition has been filed with the High Court in the western state of Gujarat to block the entry of the ex-Exxon Valdez pending an onboard inspection for toxic chemicals including asbestos. [read post]
12 May 2012, 8:49 am
" Documentation exists alleging that the following supply companies in the Stockton and San Joaquin County area were asbestos exposure sites in the past: Moran Supply, Western Building Materials, Record Supply Company, Delta Pipe and Supply Company and Center State Pipe & Supply, Inc.. [read post]
4 Nov 2011, 11:27 am
There are 11 Brazilian companies that continue to mine asbestos and product asbestos-containing products. [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 5:07 am
Co., 291 876 (4th Dept. 2002) -- a certain New York public adjusting company headquartered in Western New York lobbied for years for the passage of a bill to eliminate CPLR § 7601's then exception of an appraisal under the New York standard fire insurance policy from a special proceeding for specific performance of such a condition. [read post]