The Intersection Among Torts, Science, Corporate Law, Insurance & Bankruptcy
Asbestos litigation continues to expand around the globe. Note, for example, this February 14, 2014 story at IBAS regarding the first asbestos-related lawsuit suit against the government of the Netherlands for failure to warn. The claimant suffers from mesothelioma. The suit follows on the insolvency of the otherwise liable employer.
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