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2. 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 ...

3. 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.

4. List of environmental lawsuits - Wikipedia

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   On this page, environmental lawsuit means "a lawsuit where the well-being of an environmental asset or the well-being of a set of environmental assets is in dispute". Also on this page, lawsuit with environmental relevance means "a lawsuit where a non-environmental entity or a set of non-environmental entities is in dispute, but whose outcome has relevance for an environmental asset or for a ...

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

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6. 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 ...

7. Jim Ferraro - Wikipedia

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   By 1990 his firm was representing thousands of blue-collar workers. On June 15, 1997, he opened a second law firm, Kelley & Ferraro, along with Michael V. Kelley in Cleveland, Ohio. The two firms combined have handled over 50,000 asbestos cases, as well as nationwide environmental toxic tort cases. [6] [7]

8. Ohio files $17M lawsuit against former mine company over ...

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   (The Center Square) – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a $17 million lawsuit Tuesday against a northern Ohio company that dates back six decades. The lawsuit says the United States Gypsum ...

9. Robert Bilott - Wikipedia

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   Robert Bilott (born August 2, 1965) is an American environmental attorney from Cincinnati, Ohio.Bilott is known for the lawsuits against DuPont on behalf of plaintiffs injured by chemical waste dumped in rural communities in West Virginia.