The Intersection Among Torts, Science, Corporate Law, Insurance & Bankruptcy
Kirk HartleyA new, free paper describes describes "the case of a woman who presented with acute onset of interscapular pain, haemodynamic instability and radiographic imaging suggestive of acute descending thoracic aortic rupture in which the diagnosis of advanced malignant mesothelioma was ultimately made." According to the authors, there were no known exposures to toxins in the history of this 82 year old woman.
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
The Isle of Jersey will be making lump sum mesothelioma payments as a result of citizen requests through an “e-petition,” as described in this 30 September 2019 online article at gov.je.news. Accordin