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  2. 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.

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

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  6. 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. ... California, filed a ...

  7. In re Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC - Wikipedia

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    In January 2015, Garlock agreed to pay $358 million over 40 years to settle all future (not current) asbestos-related injury claims, but in March 2016 both sides settled the case. Garlock agreed to pay $480 million to all current and future asbestos victims who may have a claim against them. [18] [19]

  8. Asbestos bankruptcy trusts - Wikipedia

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    Asbestos bankruptcy trusts are trusts established by firms that have filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code to pay personal injury claims caused by exposure to asbestos. At least 56 such trusts were established from the mid-1970s to 2011.

  9. Appeals court rules lawsuit by family of San Quentin guard ...

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    A federal appeals court rejected the state's bid to toss out a lawsuit filed on behalf of a California prison guard killed three years ago by COVID-19.