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Kirk T. Hartley
Jan 29, 20212 min read
Seeing Tort Claiming Data is Useful - NFL Concussion Claims > $800m of Claim Payments Approved
After so many years of relative secrecy about claiming in asbestos litigation and some other "mass torts," it's refreshing to see fairly...
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Kirk Hartley
Aug 16, 20181 min read
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
Jan 5, 20171 min read
Swiss Create New Fund to Pay Compensation to Persons with Asbestos Related Diseases
As reported by Laurie Kazan Allen at the IBAS web site and in other places, a new fund has been created in Switzerland to pay...
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Kirk Hartley
Jun 30, 20152 min read
New: “Minimal asbestos exposure in germline BAP1 heterozygous mice is associated with deregula
Researchers continue to generate more and more data and hypotheses regarding mesothelioma in persons with a germline (inherited) BAP1...
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Kirk Hartley
Nov 25, 20141 min read
“Unsealed Garlock documents could be ‘double-edged sword’”
There are many double-edged swords in mass tort litigation. Some people see them, and some do not, too often because of a propensity for...
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Kirk Hartley
Jul 24, 20141 min read
Garlock Ruling Is Out – The Trial Is Unsealed, and More
The Garlock trial sealing order has been reversed. The order also provides that one judge will oversee Garlock’s claims against...
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Kirk Hartley
Jul 23, 20141 min read
Travelers is Running Out of Rope in the Important Ongoing Saga from the Manville Bankruptcy
Due to a Second Circuit ruling yesterday, Travelers is about out of rope in its effort to avoid paying $500 million to asbestos...
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Kirk Hartley
Jul 1, 20141 min read
Identifying Additional Possible Causes of Mesothelioma, More or Less by Accident – Gene Expre
Most insurers, defendants and various interested others can and should be spending money to find additional causes of mesothelioma. The...
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Kirk Hartley
Jun 25, 20141 min read
Documenting the Journey Towards Connecting the Tort System to the Trust Claiming System – Defe
Messrs. Cohn, Shelley and Arnold are back with a valuable new article: The Need for Further Transparency Between the Tort System and...
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Kirk Hartley
Jun 24, 20142 min read
An Important New Paper on Mesotheliomas: “Germline Mutation of Bap1 Accelerates Development of
A June 13, 2014 paper by Dr. Joseph Testa and colleagues expands the ongoing investigation into the relationships among mesothelioma,...
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Kirk Hartley
May 9, 20142 min read
Some Overview Information for the General Motors Asbestos Trust
GM has been in the news of late as to the implications of its 2009 bankruptcy for the switch recall litigation. So, a brief overview of...
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Kirk Hartley
Apr 14, 20141 min read
“Why insurers should fund medical research, By Dr John Moore-Gillon British Lung Foundation
It’s good to see more people openly suggesting that insurers should be funding medical research on mesothelioma. The same principles also...
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Kirk Hartley
Mar 24, 20142 min read
Manville Trust Issues Largely Useless Annual Report for 2013
The Johns-Manville asbestos trust report for year end 2013 is out and online. The report is one of the least useful and least...
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Kirk Hartley
Mar 19, 20141 min read
Garlock Bankruptcy Follow Up – Ford Moves for Access to Sealed Documents
The Garlock asbestos bankruptcy opinion continues to generate fallout and follow up. Among other things, Ford has now filed motion papers...
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Kirk Hartley
Mar 5, 20141 min read
AIG Insurers Seek to Reopen the THAN Bankruptcy to Assert Audit Rights to Look for Fraud in Claiming
The THAN bankruptcy (Thompson-Hayward) was and remains a poster child for some of the many flaws in chapter 11 handling of mass tort...
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Kirk Hartley
Feb 10, 20141 min read
Initial Papers Filed by Health Insurers and Hospitals Plans Regarding Intent to Sue HK Porter Asbest
Last Friday, Daniel Fisher at Forbes reported on numerous health insurers and some hospital groups filing in Philadelphia state court...
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Kirk Hartley
Jul 29, 20134 min read
Bankruptcy Court Secrecy – Kudzu Continues to Spread
Trials are public events, right? The press and public can sit in and watch the trial, and the evidence becomes part of the public record,...
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Kirk Hartley
Apr 10, 20132 min read
The Latest Example of Why Asbestos Trust Claiming Data Should Be Transparent
Asbestos litigation is now yielding yet another example of why there should be transparency on asbestost trust claiming data. ...
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Kirk Hartley
Mar 12, 20131 min read
Asbestos Bankruptcy Ruling Frees Some Data in the Claimants in Bankruptcies
In a welcome and overdue reversal of past rulings, a Delaware district judge recently ordered that 2019 statements are presumptively open...
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Kirk Hartley
Jun 6, 20122 min read
Now the Nemeroff Firm Takes Credit for Blocking Transparency as to Asbestos Trusts
Last week Baron & Budd took credit for blocking transparency in Louisiana as to asbestos bankruptcy claiming. This week the Nemeroff law...
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