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Asbestos bill focuses on full disclosure in lawsuits
A last-minute change to a bill passed by the state Senate on Wednesday would let judges decide when it is appropriate to temporarily halt asbestos-related lawsuits.
Read More »Appeals court says asbestos case wrongly dismissed
A Wisconsin appeals court says a case brought on behalf of a worker who died as a result of asbestos exposure was wrongly dismissed.
Read More »New rules sought on asbestos suits
In April, Renee Simpson told a state legislative committee about her father, who was diagnosed last fall with mesothelioma, a virulent form of cancer associated with asbestos.
Democrats oppose bill affecting asbestos lawsuits
The state Assembly has passed a bill opponents say would slow asbestos-exposure lawsuits.
Read More »Lawyer testifies proposed asbestos lawsuit changes are ‘flawed’ (UPDATE)
A bill meant to bring transparency to asbestos and other personal lawsuits is flawed, a leading proponent of the bill testified Thursday, although the principle behind the proposed legislation is sound.
Read More »AAJ warns against asbestos-claim legislation
Legislation pending in the House that would require private asbestos bankruptcy trusts to publicly release information about asbestos victims would delay claims and help companies avoid liability, the nation’s largest trial attorney group has warned.
Read More »Lawyers worry bills would delay asbestos cases
Two state bills are drawing boos from some personal-injury attorneys who see a threat to the timing that can be crucial in asbestos-related lawsuits.
Read More »State’s high court to revisit ancient documents exception
Can old construction sales invoices be self-authenticating under the ancient documents exception in part because they were stored in an attorney’s office?
Read More »Torts — product liability — asbestos
2011AP1414 Calewarts v. CR Meyer and Sons Company, et al.
Read More »Torts — product liability — asbestos
2011AP1415 Risse, et al. v. Building Services Industrial Supply Inc., et al.
Read More »Company seeks law change on asbestos claims
A company with three manufacturing plants in southern Minnesota wants a change in state law in order to shield itself from future asbestos claims.
Read More »Company seeks asbestos liability limit in Idaho
A national bottle-top maker that's grown weary of some $700 million in asbestos claims it's paid out to victims of lung disease has arrived in the Idaho Legislature as part of its years-long, state-by-state trudge to shield itself from forking over more cash.
Read More »Torts — product liability – asbestos — causation
2010AP2614 Singer, et al. v. Pneumo Abex LLC, et al.
Read More »Court orders contractors to pay $50K in asbestos case
A circuit court ordered a pair of Oshkosh contractors to pay $50,000 for violating state asbestos-handling laws during renovations in Fond du Lac, according to a news release from the Wisconsin Attorney General’s Office.
Read More »Beloit to pay $270,000 to settle asbestos lawsuit
BELOIT, Wis. (AP) — The city of Beloit has agreed to pay $270,000 to settle allegations that it sold a building with asbestos issues. City Manager Larry Arft said the city council voted 6-0 this week to approve the settlement. Dan Langone sued the city in 2009 claiming that the city failed to address asbestos problems in property that his ...
Read More »THE DARK SIDE: My lungs are full of asbestos and I’m fine
Back in the day, there was a tavern near 29th and Cleveland in Milwaukee called, “The Duke of York.”
Read More »Mir Co. settles with state over burning, asbestos violations
The 2009 razing and burning of a barn in the town of Linn, Walworth County, led to Chicago-based Mir Co. settling a lawsuit Wednesday, according to a news release from Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen. In late spring 2009, the town of Linn ordered Mir Co., the owner of the barn, to demolish it. After the local fire department ...
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