Asbestos Litigation
Subtitle: Costs and Compensation
Edition: Rev Ed edition
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Published: August 25, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780833030788
Subjects: Torts / delicts; United States; Law and legislation; Asbestos industry; Politics / Current Events; Products liability; Law; USA; Litigation; Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; General; Political Science / General; Asbestos; Actions and defenses
First sentence: In 1973, asbestos manufacturers were found strictly liable to workers injured as a result of exposure to their products (Borel v. Fibreboard, Fifth Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1973).