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17 May 2007, 4:48 pm
" Judge Nicholas Stroumstos Jr. concluded that the prepackaged plan was the result of collusion between Congoleum's former bankruptcy lawyers and lawyers representing asbestos claimants. [read post]
9 May 2007, 1:34 pm
Regular visitors to our blog may remember that back in February we posted on "31 (or More) Reasons to Watch ALI's Principles of the Law of Aggregate Litigation. [read post]
1 May 2007, 9:39 am
Because the manufacturers of asbestos have long known that asbestos was carcinogenic, legal remedies are still available to claimants. [read post]
27 Apr 2007, 7:47 am
More repercussions from Judge Jack's exposure of "red flags of fraud" among repeat silicosis/asbestos claimants, per the Associated Press: "A doctor who made thousands of questionable diagnoses of the lung disease silicosis has surrendered his Texas medical license amid an... [read post]
1 Apr 2007, 5:31 pm
Just as America won't stand for the scandals that are being exposed in the Asbestos litigation and in the Phen Fen case in KY, excess of either extreme, right or left, will be corrected. [read post]
28 Mar 2007, 6:22 am
The LBN studio's will be taping the entire address and will provide it early next week in full so you can see and hear this significant announcement both in the Procrit situation, but more specifically the unique methodology that Jan Schlichtmann and Mark Wahlstrom have devised for the resolution of mass claimant cases. [read post]
16 Jan 2007, 10:19 am
Given an average latency period of 20 to 30 years for the appearance of asbestos-related disease, why have the number of claimants increased in recent years? [read post]
11 Jan 2007, 2:46 pm
The upshot of Truck's position would not be to leave Kaiser -- or injured claimants -- altogether without access to insurance. [read post]
14 Dec 2006, 6:38 am
Asbestos cases and fraud allegations are a weekly running headline in the WSJ or NY Times. [read post]
8 Dec 2006, 9:03 pm
Its conclusion: current proposals for legislated asbestos compensation would do a better job of compensating claimants than many opponents are willing to admit, but are likely to prove a good deal... [read post]
5 Dec 2006, 5:59 am
The Wall Street Journal's Kimberly Strassel has a big article today on the tangle of lawyer deceit exposed when one defendant obtained court permission to delve into the (multiple, inconsistent) earlier claims brought on behalf of a single mesothelioma claimant,... [read post]
6 Nov 2006, 6:32 am
Some of the same doctors conducting separate examinations of the same claimants found only silicosis in one examination and only asbestos-related diseases in the other. [read post]
26 Jun 2006, 4:06 pm
The Court stated there must be evidence there was asbestos in the plant, and the Claimant's lay witness was unsure if the grey dusty material on the pipes leading from the boiler was, indeed, asbestos. [read post]
12 May 2006, 8:35 am
The asbestos claimants, creditors and other parties agreed to the plan, the New York Times reported. [read post]
4 May 2006, 11:57 am
Both claimants alleged that their mesothelioma was caused by exposure to asbestos in John Crane packing and gaskets. [read post]
26 Apr 2006, 12:42 pm
Mealey's Asbetos Report (LexisNexis) reported that Federal legislation that would create a $140 billion trust fund to handle asbestos claimants is unlikely to come up for a vote on the Senate floor in the near future, and alternatives in the House of Representatives are also stalled. [read post]
