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

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   Charlotte’s bankruptcy court has become a national haven for multibillion-dollar companies facing lawsuits from people sickened by asbestos.

3. Judge orders Montana health clinic to pay nearly $6 million ...

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   A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination must pay the government almost $6 million in penalties and damages after it submitted hundreds of false asbestos claims ...

4. Kelly-Moore out of business after 'cash drain' of asbestos ...

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   In 2022, the company filed a $4.1 billion lawsuit against Union Carbide, a subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company based in Texas, claiming it did not inform Kelly-Moore about asbestos hazards ...

5. 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 ...

6. 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.

7. Armstrong World Industries - Wikipedia

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   In 2002, Armstrong created a billion-dollar trust to resolve thousands of asbestos-related lawsuits filed against the firm. The trust was funded with a combination of stock and cash. [13] Armstrong World Industries, Inc. emerged from Chapter 11 reorganization on October 2, 2006. [5]