Exiting the Tort System

Kirk Hartley

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...

Kirk Hartley

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...

Kirk Hartley

Manville Asbestos Trust Reducing Transparency on its Asbestos Claims Data

— See also March 11, 2009 update on the entry below ——- ___________________________________________________________________ Today’s entry...

Kirk Hartley

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

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....

Kirk Hartley

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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