Kirk T. Hartley
Covid Genome Analyses Shows the Power of Genomic Analyses for Understanding Diseases
A March 26, 2021 NYT article uses the genomic analyses of Covid to provide a cogent overview of the ongoing revolution in genomic...
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Kirk Hartley
- Feb 9, 2010
- 3 min
More on the Palermo Claim to the Manville Trust 37 Years After Death
Thanks to information contributed by professional contacts, more information is coming out regarding the previously described "Palermo"...
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Kirk Hartley
- Feb 1, 2010
- 2 min
New Science – Exhaled breath condensate biomarkers in asbestos-related lung disorders
Remember those controversies about biased doctors misreading reading x-rays to find asbestosis or “pleural changes consistent with...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jan 11, 2010
- 9 min
Scottish Trial Court Upholds Legislation Reinstating Pleural Plaques Claiming for Scotland (Statute
A hat tip to Business Insurance for an email alert on Friday advising that a Scottish trial court had just issued an opinion rejecting...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jan 4, 2010
- 1 min
Global Asbestos Claiming – Report on Asbestos Litigation in Nine Nations – Munich ReR
Here is the online image of Munich Re’s recent, comprehensive report on asbestos litigation, Asbestos: Anatomy of a Mass Tort. The 112...
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Kirk Hartley
- Dec 9, 2009
- 2 min
Propensity to Claim – By the Government – What’s Ahead ?
Lawyers thinking about mass tort policy and legal issues inevitably end up thinking and talking about private claimants and their...
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Kirk Hartley
- Dec 1, 2009
- 1 min
Whocanisue.com Founder Provides a Comment/Information on its Structure
When reading other blogs, I tend to miss comments on the posts, so te purposed of this post is to highlight a “comment” provided...
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Kirk Hartley
- Nov 30, 2009
- 1 min
More Lung Cancer Claims in Asbestos Litigation ?
Here is the Madison County Record’s weekly report on new asbestos claims filings. The article lists fourteen new claims. Five of the...
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Kirk Hartley
- Nov 30, 2009
- 1 min
Whocanisue.com.com – Another Step in Tort Claim Marketing
The Internet is an amazing thing for marketing related to actual or potential legal claims. Here is a Madison County Record article that...
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Kirk Hartley
- Oct 19, 2009
- 4 min
Massachusetts High Court Ruling Approves a New Medical Monitoring Claim Involving Smokers, Low Dose
Today was not a good day for the tobacco industry or certain other “mass tort” defendants and/or insurers involved with cancer claiming....
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Kirk Hartley
- Oct 7, 2009
- 2 min
Contingency Fees in Europe – Spain’s Supreme Court Allows Contingency Fees and Thus Incr
I’m back to work after enjoying about 10 days of travel in Europe. Each day of the trip revolved around law in one way or the other and...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jun 22, 2009
- 1 min
CSX Moving Towards Trial on Claims Against West Virginia Asbestos Plaintiff’s Firm Peirce, Rai
An article by Steve Korris in the Madison County Dail Record provides an update on CSX’s lawsuit targeting the Pittsburgh-based Peirce,...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jun 19, 2009
- 3 min
Another Mass Tort Bankruptcy, Sort of – Chinese Drywall and the Chapter 11 filed by Builder WC
Chinese drywall claims are emerging as a would-be class action issues in the WCI Communities chapter 11 case pending in Delaware. Would...
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Kirk Hartley
- May 12, 2009
- 1 min
London Delays Its Decision on Pleural Plaques Legislation
This May 12, 2009 post updates a post of Wednesday, April 22, 2009 regarding pleural plaques and asbestos issues in the UK. The UK press...
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Kirk Hartley
- Apr 25, 2009
- 1 min
Ireland as a Judicial Hell Hole (Somewhat Tongue in Cheek)
Pointoflaw’s Walter Olson notes here items related to an Irish article describing Lloyds of London’s Chariman as griping out about the...
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Kirk Hartley
- Apr 22, 2009
- 1 min
UK Pleural Plaques – Developments in Scotland and London
The battle over pleural plaques claiming is continuing to evolve in the UK With respect to the Scottish legislation allowing renewed...
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Kirk Hartley
- Apr 8, 2009
- 3 min
Response to Wonk 411 Comment Seeking to Justify Part of the GIT Result
Wonk 411 posted a comment regarding my April 7 post on GIT. You can read the full comment under the post. In essence, Wonk 411 trys to...
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Kirk Hartley
- Mar 27, 2009
- 1 min
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...
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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
- Feb 13, 2009
- 2 min
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...
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