The Intersection Among Torts, Science, Corporate Law, Insurance & Bankruptcy
U.S. v. W.R. Grace trial started February 19 in Missoula MT. The WSJ Law Blog notes that the case seems to be flying under the radar without a lot of news coverage.
The WSJ Law Blog also provides a link to a great resource about the trial – the Grace Case blog, a joint project of the law school and the school of journalism of the University of Montana. The Grace Case blog has been covering the trial – from both a legal and a journalistic perspective – since the trial started.
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