Tags: asbestos claims

Judging asbestos claims separately makes sense


22nd August 2006
State Supreme Court order favors the sickest patients The asbestos case industry A look at the costs: Claimants get 42 cents of every dollar spent on litigation. Lawyer fees and other related costs get the remaining 58 cents. Litigation has cost bu… more »

US bill lets 9-11 victims file asbestos fund claims


29th May 2006
Sponsors of legislation to compensate U.S. asbestos victims said on Friday they had expanded it to include access to payments for people sickened by the mineral as a result of disasters such as hurricanes or the Sept. 11 attacks. Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen… more »

Fighting Over Numbers on Asbestos Claims


24th February 2006
What’s fairer for asbestos victims - the 'tort system' or the 'FAIR asbestos act'? The U.S. government is considering adopting the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2005 (S. 852). The beauty of the Act is that it exchanges litigation in the… more »