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11 May 2011, 6:51 am
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10 May 2011, 2:36 am
Whilst the Supreme Court decision recognises the scientific consensus of opinion is that there is no safe lower limit for asbestos exposure, in many cases the Mesothelioma claims will still fail where the claimant or their family are unable to prove that the extent of the wrongful asbestos exposure is more than negligible. [read post]
27 Apr 2011, 7:09 am
In 2007, the Claimant discovered that he was suffering from asbestosis which was caused due to exposure to asbestos in the course of his employment. [read post]
22 Apr 2011, 10:30 pm
Under bankruptcy law in the United States, companies seeking bankruptcy can set up a trust fund to compensate any current and future claimants in asbestos cases. [read post]
15 Apr 2011, 5:29 pm
Jeremy Reed represented eleven of the claimants. [read post]
18 Mar 2011, 9:58 am
(None of these assumptions is even close to satisfied for asbestos and colon cancer.) [read post]
18 Mar 2011, 9:58 am
(None of these assumptions is even close to satisfied for asbestos and colon cancer.) [read post]
16 Mar 2011, 9:15 am
Tenn. 1990)(statistical evidence of risk of lung cancer from asbestos and smoking was insufficient to show individual causation, without evidence of asbestos fibers in the plaintiff’s lung tissue) Washington v. [read post]
14 Mar 2011, 12:00 am
The families battle for justice has resulted in the Supreme Court ruling that a claimant will recover compensation for mesothelioma even where there were low levels of exposure to asbestos. [read post]
13 Mar 2011, 1:33 pm
Selikoff and his cadre fueled cancerphobia, billions of dollars spent on asbestos abatement, irrational regulations that applied equally to all asbestos mineral types, demonization of legitimate industrial uses of chrysotile, and ultimately the wasting of American industry by asbestos litigation. [read post]
12 Mar 2011, 8:27 am
When claimants attempt to show causation for such outcomes by epidemiologic evidence, the inference of causation from a particular prior risk is typically little more than a guess. [read post]
11 Mar 2011, 8:23 am
At the same time, Texas law and judicial practice were developing in other ways so as to allow easier dismissal of unmeritorious silica claims, and to hold asbestos claimants to a standard of causation more similar to that of other toxic torts (Borg-Warner v. [read post]
9 Mar 2011, 1:32 pm
We’ve only recently had our highest state court ruled that allocation is permitted in long-tail cases, like those involving asbestos and pollution. [read post]
9 Mar 2011, 2:17 am
In cases brought by persons who contract mesothelioma after being wrongly exposed to asbestos, the Fairchild exception relaxes the usual requirement that a claimant must show that it is more likely than not that the harm he has suffered has been caused by the defendant’s breach. [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 3:24 pm
Another example of an evidentiary display that has changed over time comes from the asbestos litigation, where plaintiffs continue to claim that asbestos causes gastrointestinal cancer. [read post]
17 Feb 2011, 4:33 am
Next are the issues relating to asbestos claimant compensation, starting with the role of bankruptcy trusts in compensating asbestos claimants; the bankruptcy trust payment system can provide substantial compensation to asbestos victims, but is a “black box” system that remains hidden from public scrutiny. [read post]
14 Feb 2011, 5:25 am
Thus, the question posed is not whether any claimant can work anywhere else or do anything else, the question is whether the claimant can continue to do the same or similar things as he or she did prior to the disease or injury. [read post]
10 Feb 2011, 5:44 pm
Every year, 10,000 people die from mesothelioma, and 800,000 claimants have sought compensation against approximately 8,400 defendants. [read post]
2 Feb 2011, 6:30 pm
A new-age style of consolidated trials of multiple claimants in federal court ended in a defense verdict on general causation. [read post]
26 Jan 2011, 5:38 pm
The language in § 157(b) was enacted in 1984, not long after Johns-Manville filed for bankruptcy to resolve a wave of personal injury asbestos claims. [read post]
