The Intersection Among Torts, Science, Corporate Law, Insurance & Bankruptcy
A recent paper provides a useful working summary of historic US federal regulations on asbestos use (OSHA and NESHAP), as well as ACGIH guidelines. The paper is titled: Current and Historical American Asbestos Regulations. The paper’s authors are Robert D. Brownson, Kristi K. Warner, and Jessie E. Rosenthal. The paper is an updated and expanded version of a paper of the same title published by Robert D. Brownson in 1998.
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