Asbestos

Kirk T. Hartley

Feb 25, 2021
2 min

France - Asbestos Exposure Prosecutions Against Former Managers of an Asbestos-Cement Manufacturer

Issues arising from criminal prosecutions of former managers at an asbestos-cement plant (Everite) are up on appeal, as described in a...

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Kirk T. Hartley

Jan 27, 2021
1 min

Present Consequences: Carolina Asbestos Company - Davidson, North Carolina

Some "toxins" are long-lived, and so decisions made decades ago continue to ripple through current events. A "now in the news" example is...

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Kirk Hartley

Oct 4, 2019
1 min

Isle of Jersey to Make Lump Sum Mesothelioma Payments

The Isle of Jersey will be making lump sum mesothelioma payments as a result of citizen requests through an “e-petition,” as described in...

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Kirk Hartley

Sep 16, 2019
1 min

Judicial Change – An Example from Illinois’ Fifth District Court Appellate Court

Back in the early 2000s, the Fifth District appellate court in Illinois was composed of 6 Democratic judges and 1 Republican. That...

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Kirk Hartley

Jul 31, 2019
1 min

Clyde and Co: “Researchers claim link between asbestos exposure and prostate cancer”

Knowledge spreads at different paces. A July 2019 article from Clyde & Co. notes a January 2019 medical review article on prostate cancer...

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Kirk Hartley

Jul 11, 2019
1 min

It May Now Become Tougher to Successfully Execute Fraudulent Conveyances: Kirkland & Ellis Press

Avoiding liability for fraudulent conveyances may have just become tougher. Why? Because this week, Kirkland & Ellis explicitly announced...

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Kirk Hartley

Mar 25, 2019
2 min

News from Europe: “Scotland: Mesothelioma reasonably foreseeable despite no direct evidence o

There’s never enough time to fully track asbestos developments in Europe. However, a December 2018 article from Clyde & Co, caught my eye...

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Kirk Hartley

Feb 22, 2019
1 min

“EXPERT PLANNING MEETING FOR NATIONAL MESOTHELIOMA PATIENT REGISTRY – MARCH 26, 2019 IN BETHES

At long last, plans are moving forward to establish a national mesothelioma patient registry in the United States. A key meeting of...

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Kirk Hartley

Feb 21, 2019
1 min

UK Asbestos Litigation: Carey v Vauxhall Motors Ltd: “First reported “overalls case” in whic

In the UK, an “overalls” case is a shorthand term for a “take home” case, as we refer to them in the US. Of greater note, a UK plaintiff...

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Kirk Hartley

Feb 15, 2019
1 min

Imerys Talc Chapter 11 Petition – Negotiations Underway for a Consensual Plan

Interesting times ahead as Imerys filed a chapter 11 petition in an effort to try to manage the mesothelioma and ovarian cancer claims...

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Kirk Hartley

Jan 29, 2019
1 min

New Article on Dr. David Egilman

Lawyers involved in mass tort litigation should be aware of this January 24, 2019 article (some would say puff piece) in Science...

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Kirk Hartley

Jan 8, 2019
2 min

90 Minute Film – “The story of asbestos–illustrating the mines and factories of th

My automated daily google search for “asbestos” recently pulled up a link to a 90 minute video, apparently from the Library of Congress....

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Kirk Hartley

Dec 27, 2018
2 min

Bogged Down Courts – Six Judges Added To Hear Libby Asbestos Claims Backlog

Lots of efforts to project asbestos litigation involve efforts to understand and forecast filing patterns, and resolution rates. On that...

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Kirk Hartley

Sep 6, 2018
1 min

New Study Addresses More Germline (Inherited) Variants in Genes of Persons Afflicted by Mesothelioma

Use of genomic testing continues to increase to seek to explain the reasons for and drivers of cancer. Some aspects of the newest broad...

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Kirk Hartley

Sep 5, 2018
1 min

New Article Touches on Genomics and Causation as to Mesothelioma

It’s good to see more lawyers focused on genomics as related to causation in mass tort cases. A group from Goldberg Segalla just wrote...

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Kirk Hartley

Sep 3, 2018
1 min

Notable New Study and Paper on 198 Persons with Mesotheliomas and Germline Variants in Cancer Associ

Some scientific findings provide both opportunities and risks for litigants in mass tort cases. The point is highlighted by a new paper...

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Kirk Hartley

Aug 31, 2018
3 min

Fraudulent Conveyance, Asbestos and A Very Interesting Arbitration

Over the years, I’ve had the good fortune to work as a trial lawyer on some very interesting issues in cases at intersections between...

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Kirk Hartley

Aug 21, 2018
1 min

More Change Ahead – Causation, Genes and Beyond

For many years, astute observers pointed out that “change” is the one constant in asbestos litigation. With that in mind, one might...

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Kirk Hartley

Aug 16, 2018
1 min

Asbestos Plaintiffs Attack Bestwall Chapter 11 as “Bad Faith” Filing; Suggest GP Substit

After months of procedural wrangling and negotiations about settlement, the asbestos plaintiff’s bar has now attacked the...

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Kirk Hartley

Aug 7, 2018
1 min

Free Access to Our Comments Two Years Ago About Ovarian Cancer and Talc Litigation

In September, 2016, multidisciplinary colleagues and I published and sold our second, in-depth and multidisciplinary analysis of the...

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