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    Kirk Hartley
    • Dec 12, 2009
    • 3 min

    Mass 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...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Jun 3, 2009
    • 3 min

    Product Liability Claimants Unhappy with Chrysler and GM Bankruptcies

    An article in The Hill reports that product liability claimants are not happy with the developments in the Chrsyler and GM chapter 11...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Mar 6, 2009
    • 13 min

    Manville Asbestos Trust Reducing Transparency on its Asbestos Claims Data

    — See also March 11, 2009 update on the entry below ——- ___________________________________________________________________ Today’s entry...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Mar 3, 2009
    • 1 min

    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...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Mar 2, 2009
    • 2 min

    Congoleum Asbestos Bankruptcy Denied and Set for Appeal

    It is striking news that a bankruptcy judge has refused to allow Congoleum to continue to try to confirm an asbestos bankruptcy plan....
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Feb 12, 2009
    • 1 min

    Exiting 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...
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    Since becoming a lawyer in 1983, Kirk’s 35+ years of practice have focused on advising a wide range of corporations, associations, and individuals (as both plaintiffs and defendants) on both tort and commercial law issues centered around “mass torts.”

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