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Honeywell brief lays out trial arguments before clash over asbestos money
ERIE, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – Attorneys for a company tasked with paying millions of dollars to asbestos claimants have previewed their arguments for a coming trial that would require plaintiff lawyers to work much harder.
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Trial approaches as Honeywell claims asbestos trust is giving away money; Trust wants to lead off
ERIE, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – Honeywell should have to bat second in an upcoming trial as it seeks to prove those in charge of doling out asbestos money are making it rain on plaintiffs lawyers.
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Asbestos lawyers to hand over info as Bestwall looks for double-dipping
BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge’s ruling will allow Bestwall to take a peek at several cases as it tries to prove asbestos lawyers drive up their clients’ recovery by telling the same story many different ways.
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Delaware ruling is bad news for asbestos defendant
DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) -The Delaware Supreme Court revived a woman’s lawsuit against the company that made a grinding device her late husband said he used decades before he was diagnosed with asbestos-related cancer, saying there was enough evidence for it to proceed.
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Asbestos lawyers seeking to avoid settlement disclosure lodge personal attack against Koch Brothers
CHARLOTTE (Legal Newsline) – Asbestos lawyers who have failed to stop an examination of their settlement history plead that it must stop because the Koch brothers – Charles and David – started it.
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Does evidence of sex abuse by plaintiff belong in his asbestos trial?
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - Evidence a plaintiff sexually abused his daughter and was in an unhappy marriage were properly excluded from a trial over asbestos exposure, a Washington appeals court ruled, rejecting defense arguments the plaintiff “opened the door” by testifying about how his family life was disrupted by mesothelioma.
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Vermont law keeps Bestwall from turning to short-lived $10M policy for asbestos claims
MONTPELIER, Vt. (Legal Newsline) - Georgia-Pacific’s bankrupt Bestwall unit likely won’t be able to cash in on a $10 million insurance policy that was only in effect for 44 days in the early 1980s after the Vermont Supreme Court ruled state law sharply limits the insurer’s exposure to asbestos liability.
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Asbestos lawyer agrees to turn over some disputed records to company skeptical of claims
PITTSBURGH (Legal Newsline) – An asbestos lawyer accused of submitting false claims in order to take millions of dollars from a lightly supervised asbestos trust has reached an agreement on what materials he will hand over.
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Talc lawyers fed Reuters confidential documents, Johnson & Johnson says
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - Johnson & Johnson has asked a federal bankruptcy judge to block Reuters from publishing details of internal documents it says a plaintiff lawyer gave the news service in violation of a court confidentiality order.
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Bestwall defends quest to probe possible double-dipping by asbestos lawyers
BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) – The successor of Georgia-Pacific says it is well within its rights to see if asbestos lawyers are gaming the compensation system to make it pay more than it owes.
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Asbestos lawyers fight Bestwall's efforts to show double-dipping
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Legal Newsline) – Asbestos lawyers are going to court to keep secret their clients’ claims as one company hopes to uncover double-dipping.
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Honeywell, asbestos lawyer to argue over subpoena in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH (Legal Newsline) – Federal bankruptcy court in Pittsburgh will be the venue where an asbestos lawyer accused of pocketing millions of dollars by filling out inaccurate forms fights a defendant tired of paying him.
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Exxon might get discounts on $4M asbestos verdict in Washington
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - A Washington appeals court upheld a $4 million jury verdict against ExxonMobil won by the son of a man who worked in refineries and was diagnosed with mesothelioma after he died but sent the case back to the trial court for another hearing to decide whether considering other settlements were reasonable.
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Honeywell: Asbestos lawyer used 'inaccurate' forms to pick $46 million off of easy target
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A company upset about how much it is forced to fund an asbestos trust is accusing the attorney who has taken $85 million in settlements from it of filling in the blanks for his clients.
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Utah Supreme Court expands liability for asbestos defendants
SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline) - Companies can be liable for “take-home” asbestos exposure if they require their employees to work around asbestos or exert sufficient control over contractors who place their workers in harm’s way, the Utah Supreme Court ruled.
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Asbestos lawyers want CertainTeed entity to show its settlements if judge forces them to disclose
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Legal Newsline) – Asbestos lawyers assert in bankruptcy court that if a CertainTeed entity gains court approval to see their records of settlements, they’ll need approval to see settlement records of defense counsel.
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Court: Plaintiff expert failed to make cancer cases against J&J
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) – The medical reports blaming Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder products for the ovarian cancer of four women weren’t specific enough to sustain their lawsuits, a Georgia court has ruled.
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Plaintiff experts escape hearsay trap in talc-asbestos lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Plaintiff experts who cited evidence that Johnson & Johnson talcum powder contained asbestos, without actually performing tests themselves, can nevertheless offer their opinions the powder caused a man’s cancer, a California appeals court ruled.
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Asbestos liability possibly spreading to insurer that inspected W.R. Grace mine
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - An insurance company that inspected W.R. Grace’s Montana asbestos-mining facilities and provided industrial hygiene services to workers might be liable for their injuries, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, keeping alive long-running litigation over who pays for the manufacturer’s asbestos liabilities.
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Old chalk bought on eBay good enough evidence for mesothelioma case, Maryland court rules
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Legal Newsline) - A Maryland appeals court overturned a ruling in favor of the manufacturer of powdered chalk, saying the trial judge shouldn’t have restricted evidence a plaintiff expert collected from decades-old bottles purchased on eBay.