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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]
16 Sep 2011, 4:30 am
If you haven’t already, check out this piece by Dionne Searcey at the Wall Street Journal Law Blog entitled “Congress Examines Alleged Fraud by Asbestos Claimants. [read post]
9 Sep 2011, 2:30 pm
Because settlements are secret and the trusts aren’t required to make public their payouts, it’s difficult to verify whether claimants are getting overpaid. [read post]
7 Sep 2011, 7:48 am
Thus, it remains business as usual for parties to asbestos claims and other similar incidents (pharmaceutical, environmental, etc.) when working with Medicare to assess, satisfy and resolve Medicare’s rights of recovery. [read post]
26 Aug 2011, 1:04 pm
Should the claimant choose to accept the offer, he/she must execute the release and return it to the trust. [read post]
19 Aug 2011, 6:00 am
Twenty years later, in 1999, Claimant was first diagnosed with lung cancer. [read post]
4 Aug 2011, 1:07 pm
Dalkon Shield Claimants Trust, 156 F.3d 248, 252 (1st Cir. 1998) (bankruptcy); Morrison v. [read post]
2 Aug 2011, 3:18 am
The Jacksonville-based corporation lost a 2009 trial, but in court filings in recent weeks it detailed a new theory — that the Peirce firm is a racketeering-influenced corrupt organization that has committed wire fraud and mail fraud in its pursuit of claimants and settlements. [read post]
21 Jul 2011, 12:38 pm
Because the potential claimants all must have been diagnosed prior to 2005, this could potential exempt a large portion of claimants/plaintiffs. [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]
14 Jul 2011, 2:10 pm
American Optical Corp., 985 So. 2d 23 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008), that retroactive application of the 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]
12 Jul 2011, 2:18 pm
According to some legal experts, the court decision could make it easier for thousands of Florida personal injury claimants affected by asbestos to pursue cases which have been stalled in lower courts. [read post]
11 Jul 2011, 9:37 am
Weekly D1487eTorts -- Product liability -- Asbestos -- Asbestos and Silica Compensation Fairness Act, which provides that a claimant bringing an action for damages from exposure to asbestos must plead and prove an existing malignancy or actual physical impairment for which asbestos exposure was a substantial contributing factor, is unconstitutional as applied retroactively to claimants who had an accrued cause of action for injuries… [read post]
5 Jul 2011, 9:33 am
Instead, it's a question of trying to find a system that adequately balances the rights of present claimants (those already sick) and future claimants (that unknown number of people who will become sick). [read post]
8 Jun 2011, 7:07 am
The Comers are seeking a jury trial for their case, and join an estimated 1 to 3 million claimants who have filed in asbestos law suits to date. [read post]
7 Jun 2011, 12:06 pm
By 2004, more than 24,000 claimants had filed asbestos bodily injury suits against Kaiser Cement and Gypsum Corporation (“Kaiser”), as a result of their exposure to Kaiser’s asbestos products. [read post]
24 May 2011, 8:40 am
In Willmore, the trial judge held that the Council was liable on the ground that it contributed materially to the claimant’s exposure to airborne asbestos fibres. [read post]
20 May 2011, 2:17 pm
Although this release precludes the claimant from filing again for the same non-malignant condition, should the claimant develop an asbestos related malignant condition, he/she may file a second injury claim and receive additional compensation. [read post]
16 May 2011, 2:44 pm
As part of the bankruptcy plan, an asbestos trust was established. [read post]
12 May 2011, 5:18 am
.: “64% of Prop 65 settlements go to attorneys’ fees” [CJAC, earlier] Mississippi jury votes $322 million to individual asbestos claimant [Fair Warning, Mass Tort Prof] “Emails: Attorney nixed S.C. train injury fund” [AP/The State] Trump files $100 million counterclaim against customer who sued his “Trump University” [Atlantic Wire, earlier] More: Lowering the Bar. [read post]
