Asbestos Claims are in Decline
April 6, 2005
Hot off the presses: “Asbestos Claims Decline, but Questions Rise” was written by by Jonathan D. Glater of the New York Times. Here are the first few paragraphs:
The wave of asbestos litigation that led to loud calls for legislation appears to have passed at least for now.
The number of claims filed against one of the biggest and oldest trusts set up to compensate victims of asbestos fell last year to its lowest level in more than a decade. And recent court proceedings have uncovered highly questionable practices by some of the doctors whose diagnoses allowed some asbestos claimants to collect.
The drop in claims against the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust, which lawyers said was a reliable indicator of a decline in asbestos claims over all, comes as some divisions have emerged among businesses over legislation that would set up a compensation system for claimants outside the court system.
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[...] lions and billions in settlements, looks like these companies will see a little relief, as asbestos claims are finally in decline. Christy Patrick: Fo [...]