Asbestos litigation presents numerous problems as a result of industry inaction and government inattention to the situation. Through statistics, this article addresses two major impediments to asbestos litigation claims: statute of limitations and multiple defendants. Understanding that those affected by asbestos may not know for many years and that more than one company could be responsible is vital to finding equitable solution to the problems
Often overlooked are the insurance issues related to asbestos and the degree to which the asbestos m...
This Note first explains the nature of asbestos diseases, the standard insurance policy language, an...
During the past twenty years, Congress and the general public have become increasingly aware of the ...
Asbestos litigation presents numerous problems as a result of industry inaction and government inatt...
The purpose of this article is not to argue that claimants suffering from serious asbestos-related d...
Over a decade ago, the Federal Judicial Conference warned of an asbestos litigation “disaster of maj...
Under the existing judicial system in America, asbestos litigation has reached epidemic proportions....
Asbestos litigation has given rise to over 50,000,000 claims against 8400 former producers, distribu...
This article reconsiders the analysis in terms of “judiciarisation” stressing that every social sect...
Originally and for many years, the primary defendants in asbestos cases were companies that mined as...
Legal claims for injuries from asbestos involve more plaintiffs, more defendants, and higher costs t...
The number of asbestos personal injury claims filed each year is in the hundreds of thousands and ha...
Millions of American workers have been exposed to asbestos on the job, resulting in serious illness ...
The dramatic rise in asbestos-related litigation has created a myriad of problems for plaintiffs, as...
More than 100,000 new asbestos claims were filed in 2003, the most ever in one year. Asbestos litiga...
Often overlooked are the insurance issues related to asbestos and the degree to which the asbestos m...
This Note first explains the nature of asbestos diseases, the standard insurance policy language, an...
During the past twenty years, Congress and the general public have become increasingly aware of the ...
Asbestos litigation presents numerous problems as a result of industry inaction and government inatt...
The purpose of this article is not to argue that claimants suffering from serious asbestos-related d...
Over a decade ago, the Federal Judicial Conference warned of an asbestos litigation “disaster of maj...
Under the existing judicial system in America, asbestos litigation has reached epidemic proportions....
Asbestos litigation has given rise to over 50,000,000 claims against 8400 former producers, distribu...
This article reconsiders the analysis in terms of “judiciarisation” stressing that every social sect...
Originally and for many years, the primary defendants in asbestos cases were companies that mined as...
Legal claims for injuries from asbestos involve more plaintiffs, more defendants, and higher costs t...
The number of asbestos personal injury claims filed each year is in the hundreds of thousands and ha...
Millions of American workers have been exposed to asbestos on the job, resulting in serious illness ...
The dramatic rise in asbestos-related litigation has created a myriad of problems for plaintiffs, as...
More than 100,000 new asbestos claims were filed in 2003, the most ever in one year. Asbestos litiga...
Often overlooked are the insurance issues related to asbestos and the degree to which the asbestos m...
This Note first explains the nature of asbestos diseases, the standard insurance policy language, an...
During the past twenty years, Congress and the general public have become increasingly aware of the ...