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  2. Asbestos and the law - Wikipedia

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    Asbestos-related cases increased on the U.S. Supreme Court docket after 1980 and the court has dealt with several asbestos-related cases since 1986. Two large class action settlements, designed to limit liability, came before the court in 1997 and 1999. Both settlements were ultimately rejected by the court because they would exclude future ...

  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. 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 ...

  5. County Auditor shares concerns over asbestos removal in area ...

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    Ashland County Auditor Cindy Funk talked about concerns dealing with employees and the public who are in building when work is being done. County Auditor shares concerns over asbestos removal in ...

  6. Asbestos bankruptcy trusts - Wikipedia

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    Typically an asbestos plaintiff is exposed to a mixture of products during a thirty-year career in the building trades. It takes between twenty and fifty years from first exposure to the development of asbestos-caused cancer, so work histories, employment, military and social security records are used to help prove the plaintiff's exposure to various asbestos products throughout his or her career.

  7. In re Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC - Wikipedia

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    The plaintiffs theory of liability was based on an extrapolation of Garlock's history of settling asbestos-related claims. [8] The lawyers for Garlock asked the judge for permission to investigate several other similar cases, and provided proof to the court that there was a pattern emerging of "withholding evidence" [15] in mesothelioma cases ...

  8. Category:Lawyers from Orange County, California - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Lawyers from Orange County, California" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.

  9. Asbestosis - Wikipedia

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    The first lawsuits against asbestos manufacturers occurred in 1929. Since then, many lawsuits have been filed against asbestos manufacturers and employers, for neglecting to implement safety measures after the link between asbestos, asbestosis and mesothelioma became known (some reports seem to place this as early as 1898 in modern times). The ...

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