 Asbestos
Lawsuit
"Pending
asbestos lawsuits may remain
with additional revisions"
July
14, 2003
A revision to a bill that
is trying to limit the number
of asbestos claims in Texas
courts would allow pending lawsuits
to continue. Sen. Kyle Janek
is trying to secure the two
thirds vote required to advance
the asbestos bill in the Senate.
Supported by businesses and
insurers hoping to get protection
over potential asbestos claims,
the asbestos bill is highly
opposed by lawyers, consumer
groups, and families and former
asbestos workers now suffering
deadly illnesses.
If
the rewritten bill passes, anyone
with a pending asbestos lawsuit
on July 1 would have 90 days
until the new asbestos restrictions
will go into effect and will
need to have medical documentation
showing they are sick or injured
due to asbestos exposure in
order to keep the asbestos lawsuit
going. Many people opposed to
the asbestos bill worry that
people exposed to asbestos deserve
to bring their claim to court
even if the illness has not
yet fully developed sine it
can take many years for some
signs of illnesses to even appear.
Contact
us to confer with an asbestos
mesothelioma lawyer.
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