A group of settlement trusts created to handle claims against manufacturers of cancer-causing asbestos failed in their bid to toss a lawsuit challenging a new data retention policy that would delete ...

The link between asbestos exposure and an increased risk of diseases such as mesothelioma cancer, asbestos lung cancer, asbestosis, or other diseases was conclusively established in the 1970s. When ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) – A key piece of tort reform legislation passed and signed earlier this year now is West Virginia law. Senate Bill 411, also known as the Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust ...

Anyone who developed the rare type of cancer called mesothelioma can file a claim. Asbestos appears in so many products that it’s not necessary to prove specific asbestos exposure to qualify.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – As the deadline for unsealing the estimation record of the Garlock Sealing Technologies bankruptcy proceeding draws nearer, talks of asbestos trust transparency are ...

The Senate has voted to begin debate on legislation calling for creation of an asbestos trust fund to compensate the victims made sick by asbestos exposure. Critics say the fund is a corporate bailout ...

A plaintiffs attorney who was debarred from filing claims with an asbestos trust could get another shot after a federal appeals court found the restriction may have wrongly curtailed his privilege to ...

Asbestos liability is a real crisis that demands reform, but the U.S. Senate is poised for another big push for a deeply flawed bill that could actually make things worse. The bill fell just one vote ...

Utah’s attorney general is suing the asbestos personal-injury trust created by Armstrong World Industries and three similar trusts, hoping to force them to cooperate with investigations of possible ...

A collection agent for Medicare service providers is suing one of the dozens of trusts established by bankrupt asbestos manufacturers and plans to pursue others, alleging they have systematically ...

This story has been updated to clarify how people are exposed to asbestos and to add a statement from Ford detailing its asbestos exposure protocols and why the Louisville Assembly Plant is a ...

Many trusts this year have expanded their approved job site lists, allowing compensation for more individuals who claim to have an asbestos-related injury. However, as can be seen below, many trusts ...