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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 »

Lawyer Defrauds 7,000 Asbestos Clients of $13.5m


24th May 2006
A federal indictment unsealed Tuesday accused a disbarred attorney of defrauding thousands of clients out of $13.5 million in settlement money from lawsuits claiming they were made ill by exposure to asbestos. Later in the day, Louis S. Robles, 58, plea… more »
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Wife Dies Washing Husband's Asbestos Covered Clothes


25th April 2006
Court OKs asbestos lawsuit Not a day goes by when Anthony Olivo doesn't wish that it was him, not his wife, who died as a result of asbestos. On Monday, the 85-year-old resident of Goucester, New Jersey, won a state Supreme Court decision which allows… more »