Asbestor - Guest Blogger on TortsProf Site

Andrea Peacock, author of Libby, Montana:  Asbestos and the Deadly Silence of an American Corporation, will be a guest this week on Professor Bill Childs' TortsProf Blog.  Ms. Peacock is a long-time investigative journalist.  Asbestos, perhaps the ultimate defective product, long ago bankrupted the companies directly associated with its production and many businesses that incorporated asbestos into their products.  Most asbestos-related claims now lie against defendants who had little or nothing to do with the production or distribution of asbestos containing products.  The long saga of Congressional proposals for an alternative to the tort system that may compensate those truly injured by asbestos exposure and eliminate the extraordinary costs of litigating such claims to conclusion is not yet at an end.  Details here:  http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/tortsprof/2006/07/next_week_guest.html

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