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A magazine-style article on asbestos-related disease and the growth of product liability lawsuits against asbestos manufacturers. It describes pending and decided cases, proposed federal compensation bills (Fenwick bill, Hart bill S. 2847), a California workers' compensation law, and the California Supreme Court's Johns-Manville v. Contra Costa Superior Court ruling. unreviewed
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- Author
- Stephen G. Crapnell
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-1966
- Number
- Bates BRG 0410 to BRG 0413
- Rights
- A published article used as a document in asbestos litigation. Its copyright is not ours, so we describe it and link to it rather than host it.
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Stephen G. Crapnell. "Asbestos: Legal battles escalate - Will Congress act?."
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- Raybestos-Manhattan (named)
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- U.S. House of Representatives (named)
- U.S. Senate (named)
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This is document UC-1966 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 4 pages. Production numbers BRG 0410 to BRG 0413.
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“Stephen G. Crapnell, "Asbestos: Legal battles escalate - Will Congress act?" (article on asbestos litigation and compensation legislation).” Union Carbide documents, UC-1966, Bates BRG 0410 to BRG 0413. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-1966.
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