The Intersection Among Torts, Science, Corporate Law, Insurance & Bankruptcy
NERA publishes an annual summary of big picture findings on asbestos litigation. The 2011 update was issued in July, and is online here. The paper is free for downloading, and includes useful big picture observations on claim filing rates, claim resolution amounts and resolution rates, and reserving by companies and insurers.
NERA’s complete compilation of asbestos papers is here.
Issues arising from criminal prosecutions of former managers at an asbestos-cement plant (Everite) are up on appeal, as described in a...
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 Isle of Jersey will be making lump sum mesothelioma payments as a result of citizen requests through an “e-petition,” as described in...
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