The Intersection Among Torts, Science, Corporate Law, Insurance & Bankruptcy
From the Manville bankruptcy circa 2002, some interesting briefs from lawyers representing persons with cancer. In general terms, the briefs supported efforts to reign in mass screenings and to make changes to the Manville Trust. See here.
Issues arising from criminal prosecutions of former managers at an asbestos-cement plant (Everite) are up on appeal, as described in a February 2, 2021 post at the Ban Asbestos Secretariat run by Ms.
Some "toxins" are long-lived, and so decisions made decades ago continue to ripple through current events. A "now in the news" example is the Carolina Asbestos Company in North Carolina. In the first