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Asbestos diagnosis made 37 years after death



The 1966 death certificate of an insulation worker attributes his death to stomach cancer, but 37 years later experts associated with the Manville Trust posthumously diagnosed him as having been suffering from mesothelioma, the asbestos-linked cancer. The trust awarded him compensation and his survivors then sued other defendants. [Kirk Hartley at Global Tort, which has just been rehosted as a LexBlog site]

 

 


Isaac Gorodetski
Project Manager,
Center for Legal Policy at the
Manhattan Institute
igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org

Bridget Carroll
Press Officer,
Manhattan Institute
bcarroll@manhattan-institute.org

 

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The Manhattan Insitute's Center for Legal Policy.