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2. Michael Perry v. American International Industries - Wikipedia

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   Michael Perry v. American International Industries is a lawsuit filed in 2023 in which a South Carolina jury awarded $63.4 million to Michael Perry, a man diagnosed with mesothelioma, a terminal cancer caused by asbestos exposure.

3. Asbestos and the law (United States) - Wikipedia

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   Asbestos litigation is the longest, most expensive mass tort in U.S. history, involving more than 8,000 defendants and 700,000 claimants. [1] By the early 1990s, "more than half of the 25 largest asbestos manufacturers in the US, including Amatex, Carey-Canada, Celotex, Eagle-Picher, Forty-Eight Insulations, Manville Corporation, National Gypsum, Standard Insulation, Unarco, and UNR Industries ...

4. Profitable companies are dodging asbestos lawsuits. A ... - AOL

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5. J&J gets $260 million talc verdict overturned in Oregon, new ...

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   (Reuters) -A state judge in Oregon has overturned a jury's $260 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit brought by a woman who said she got mesothelioma, a deadly cancer linked to ...

6. $6 million awarded in asbestos lawsuit against Ford, others - AOL

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   A St. Louis jury has ruled that Ford Motor Co. and other companies must pay $6 million to a Missouri family over claims that a woman's death was caused by exposure to asbestos, including from dust ...

7. Asbestos and the law - Wikipedia

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   The first employee claims for injury from exposure to asbestos in the workplace were made in 1927, [64] and the first lawsuit against an asbestos manufacturer was filed in 1929. [65] Since then, many lawsuits have been filed.

8. Asbestos victims in Montana want Buffett's railroad company ...

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   The railroad — now owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. — hauled asbestos-tainted vermiculite from a nearby mine through Libby, Montana, over decades. ... filed a wrongful death ...

9. In re Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC - Wikipedia

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   The chrysotile asbestos previously used in Garlock's gaskets is roughly 1/100 to 1/2000 as carcinogenic as the friable amphibole asbestos used in the insulating tape just mentioned. Over a thirty-five year period Garlock was sued hundreds of thousands of times and forced to pay about $1.3 billion in judgements, settlements, and defense costs.