The Intersection Among Torts, Science, Corporate Law, Insurance & Bankruptcy
Asbestos awareness grows, and unions are ever more vocal. That said, the conversation is not always logical or accurate. Consider this article about Australian unions seeking "asbestos free" Australia. But asbestos is natural, and blowing in the wind, everywhere. Indeed, Australia includes former working asbestos mines. The approach of these unions brings to mind a famous phrase: Ready, shoot, aim.
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