The Intersection Among Torts, Science, Corporate Law, Insurance & Bankruptcy
The UK Mesothelioma Act continues to wend its way through the legislative process. The most recent action on specific language occurred at a committee hearing – specifics are here. Further meetings are planned, but the process seems headed to a near term conclusion. Here is the most recent statement by the UK government on mesothelioma compensation (December 4). The government apparently is backing away from the some of the more extreme proposals from the insurance industry.
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