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 ...

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 ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) – West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has signed Senate Bill 411, also known as the Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust Claims Transparency Act and the Asbestos and Silica ...

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 ...

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 ...

A bill proposed by the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee that would set up a $140 billion trust fund to compensate people sickened by exposure to asbestos came under sharp attack from both ...

New data highlight differences in preparedness, training, and employer trust as Gen Z and millennial workers encounter legacy hazards on older job sites.