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Asbestos & the Media – Korea
One factor behind asbestos litigation is the amount of media attention focused on asbestos. Accordingly, it’s telling to see the...
Kirk Hartley
Apr 5, 20091 min read
Old Baseball Gloves and Football Helmets with Asbestos Linings – Ebay
Here is an article by an Ebay trader showing pictures of old baseball gloves, and really old football helmets (think Red Grange style...
Kirk Hartley
Apr 4, 20091 min read
Link to Transcript from Oral Argument in Travelers/Manville Asbestos Bankruptcy Case
The oral argument transcript is availble here. #AsbestosBankruptcy #AsbestosTrusts #ConstitutionalLawMassTortLaw #MassTortIssues #Asbestos
Kirk Hartley
Mar 30, 20091 min read
American Plaintiff’s Lawyers Seeking New Markets Target Global Shipyards for Claiming, Includi
Are American lawyers going abroad to seek out new asbestos claimants? Of course they are. Like any business person, they are seeking new...
Kirk Hartley
Mar 27, 20091 min read
Moving Towards the end of James Hardie Trial re Creation of Its Asbestos Trust
James Hardie is an Australian building products company that made lots of asbestos-cement products, some of which were made from the...
Kirk Hartley
Mar 3, 20091 min read
Asbestos Cement Bombs, Another Unusual use for Asbestos
I never cease to be amazed at all the ways that asbestos fibers were put to use, and here’s one new to me. According to Pravda,...
Kirk Hartley
Feb 16, 20094 min read
UK Government to Speak “Soon” on Whether to Support Payments for Persons With Pleural Pl
A prior post on this blog described the UK government issuing a Consultation paper requesting views and information on, among other...
Kirk Hartley
Feb 13, 20092 min read
Asbestos Litigation – Will the UK Reinstate Compensation for Pleural Plaques ?
How should governments and courts decide/define when persons have a condition that should warrant payment of compensation through tort...
Kirk Hartley
Nov 12, 20082 min read
Go Vote – Extreme Views in Politics and Tort Litigation – We Need “Better”
With election day in the US just 2 days away, this is a plea to all to get out and vote on Tuesday, if it’s not already done. This also...
Kirk Hartley
Nov 1, 20081 min read
Update – Canada Adopts A Position of Silence on Chrysotile Asbestos Exports
A prior post here noted that Canadian scientists recently criticized the Canadian government for continuing to support global sales of...
Kirk Hartley
Nov 1, 20081 min read
Politics, Torts, Policy and Risk – Canadian Medical Association Takes a Stand on the Asbestos
The Canadian Medical Association has come out with an editorial, described here, that calls on Canada to join with other countries to...
Kirk Hartley
Oct 20, 20081 min read
Nanotube technology causes asbestos-like lung diseases?
The NY Times has a great opening paragraph on this: “Nanotubes, one of the wonder materials of the new age of nanotechnology, may carry a...
Kirk Hartley
May 21, 20081 min read
The Next “Asbestos” – Dust from Mammoth Tusks !
In Yakutsk, Russia, “the next asbestos” has been identified – it’s dust generated from artisans carving up the mammoth tusks that are...
Kirk Hartley
May 15, 20083 min read
Implications of New Molecular Research on the Inflammasome, Interleukin and Asbestos as a “Cau
An online article published April 10, 2008 in ScienceNOW provides an overview of detailed research published in Science indicating that...
Kirk Hartley
Apr 12, 20083 min read
Japanese Company Voluntarily Pays Asbestos Claimant
I’m often told that asbestos litigation is essentially just a U.S. issue because our culture is said to be so litigious. However, even...
Kirk Hartley
Apr 10, 20081 min read
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