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1 May 2024, 6:00 am
Asbestos companies fight to prevent claimants from joining forces. [read post]
19 Jan 2022, 8:12 am
The Court remanded for further proceedings on this issue because the lower court had held that asbestos claimants “who were exposed only before the Policy period could not qualify for coverage. [read post]
16 Jan 2008, 1:47 am
Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., 255 Conn. 295 (2001), the trial court ruled in favor of the defendant reinsurers, finding that Hartford could not prove that the exposure of one claimant to asbestos or the exposure of multiple claimants at a single place and time caused all of the subject claims, which was necessary in order for the losses to be aggregated under the treaty’s “common cause” language. [read post]
22 Oct 2008, 12:25 pm
Eight years later, Kirk filed suit when he developed colorectal cancer as a result of the asbestos exposure. [read post]
8 Mar 2008, 3:20 pm
The bankruptcy judge presiding over Grace's proceeding ruled that she won't estimate the amount of Grace's liability to asbestosis claimants until -- wait for it -- the claimants submit proof that they actually have asbestosis! [read post]
21 Mar 2022, 1:11 pm
On July 24, 2013, Byung Choon Joe was in the course of his employment as an asbestos removal worker when he fell six feet from a scaffold at a state office building in Albany. [read post]
26 Nov 2013, 2:27 am
workers' compensation act to shield themselves from negligence actions for silicosis and asbestosis claims.The creativity of claimant's lawyers, and the blatant intentional tort acts of unscrupulous asbestos companies, brought forth a sweeping change in the economic balance as claimants used the civil justicesystem to establish an avenue for adequate compensation for asbestos victims (lung cancer, asbestosis and mesothelioma claims). [read post]
5 Jan 2016, 12:39 pm
Certain areas of the state are also a hotbed for asbestos litigation. [read post]
19 Jul 2011, 12:28 pm
., 985 So. 2d 23 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008), that retroactive application of the [Florida Asbestos and Silica Compensation Fairness] Act to the Appellees, and other claimants who had accrued causes of action for asbestos-related disease pending on the effective date of the Act, is impermissible because it violates the due process clause of the Florida Constitution. [read post]
5 Aug 2016, 2:46 am
I once acted for a man who had developed mesothelioma caused by asbestos exposure. [read post]
20 Jun 2024, 6:25 am
As a condition to the receipt of a distribution under the KG Plan, uninsured asbestos claimants were required to provide the KG Asbestos Trust with: (i) evidence of claims they have filed with other asbestos trusts; and (ii) an executed release that allows the KG Asbestos Trust to obtain information concerning those claims (collectively, “Anti-Fraud Disclosures”). [read post]
20 Jun 2024, 6:25 am
As a condition to the receipt of a distribution under the KG Plan, uninsured asbestos claimants were required to provide the KG Asbestos Trust with: (i) evidence of claims they have filed with other asbestos trusts; and (ii) an executed release that allows the KG Asbestos Trust to obtain information concerning those claims (collectively, “Anti-Fraud Disclosures”). [read post]
20 Jun 2024, 6:25 am
As a condition to the receipt of a distribution under the KG Plan, uninsured asbestos claimants were required to provide the KG Asbestos Trust with: (i) evidence of claims they have filed with other asbestos trusts; and (ii) an executed release that allows the KG Asbestos Trust to obtain information concerning those claims (collectively, “Anti-Fraud Disclosures”). [read post]
22 Jul 2014, 8:27 am
Background The claimant, Mr McDonald, was employed during the 1950s as a lorry driver and subsequently as a fitter by the predecessor to the Department for Communities and Local Government (the “DCLG”) in Watford. [read post]
29 Jul 2019, 10:00 pm
Where one or two or more persons responsible for the same loss indemnifies the claimant it is entitled to a contribution from the other parties who are liable for the same debt. [read post]
23 Dec 2007, 5:21 am
As a result, the case has been remanded to the trial court to consider extrinsic evidence of the parties' intent.The ruling is somewhat surprising, as the same court had ruled six years ago in Metropolitan Life that the "cause" test requires that the number of "occurrences" in asbestos litigation be determined by reference to each individual claimant's injuries and not by reference to the insured's failure to warn. [read post]
24 Jan 2015, 4:18 pm
Attorney Benjamin Marcus, the 1946 founding president of NACCA (The National Association of Compensation Claimants Attorneys), was interviewed by attorneys: N. [read post]
3 Jun 2015, 5:54 pm
Claimant worked on the pipe insulation installation between from 1967 to 1968, and the project involved insulation of thousands of pipes. [read post]
21 Sep 2010, 12:53 pm
In the late 1970's, Western MacArthur was sued by numerous claimants for asbestos-related injuries and sought coverage under its predecessor's policies. [read post]
4 Jan 2014, 9:47 am
Over the 20 years following the UNARCO 17, Selikoff went on to have an active testimonial career, always testifying for the claimant, always testifying against the employer or the supplier.[1] In 1972, Andrew Haas, President of the asbestos workers union thanked Selikoff for his frequent expert witness testimony on behalf of union members. [read post]
