Kirk HartleyDec 12, 20093 minMass Tort Claiming and Resolution – Lots of Great Posts and Links at the Mass Tort Litigation I’d love to take a few days to read and write about interesting thinking on mass torts and claims resolution issues. But that’s not possi...
Kirk HartleyJun 3, 20093 minProduct Liability Claimants Unhappy with Chrysler and GM BankruptciesAn article in The Hill reports that product liability claimants are not happy with the developments in the Chrsyler and GM chapter 11 cas...
Kirk HartleyMar 6, 200913 minManville Asbestos Trust Reducing Transparency on its Asbestos Claims Data— See also March 11, 2009 update on the entry below ——- ___________________________________________________________________ Today’s entry...
Kirk HartleyMar 3, 20091 minMoving Towards the end of James Hardie Trial re Creation of Its Asbestos TrustJames Hardie is an Australian building products company that made lots of asbestos-cement products, some of which were made from the espe...
Kirk HartleyMar 2, 20092 minCongoleum Asbestos Bankruptcy Denied and Set for AppealIt is striking news that a bankruptcy judge has refused to allow Congoleum to continue to try to confirm an asbestos bankruptcy plan. Ins...
Kirk HartleyFeb 12, 20091 minExiting the Tort System – Pa. Opinion on Challenging a Statute Limiting a Corporation’s Some corporations that made or sold various allegedly “toxic” or harmful products are today looking for and pursuing all kinds of paths t...
