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Damages (asbestos-related conditions) bills progress through Parliament
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- February 16 2010
Two identical bills are proceeding through Parliament in an attempt to permit compensation for asymptomatic pleural plaques
Insurers appeal decision by Scottish Court to reject challenge over compensation for pleural plaques
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- February 10 2010
As previously reported here, the Scottish Court of Session rejected insurers' challenges, by way of judicial review, to the Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) (Scotland) Act 2009 by a judgment handed down by Lord Emslie on 8 January 2010
Italian government and EU are named as defendants in Eternit asbestos proceeding
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- European Union, Italy
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- February 4 2010
The criminal proceedings in Turin against the former heads of asbestos giant Eternit have taken a new turn
Revised estimate says asbestos-related liability will cost UK insurers over £11bn by 2050
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- January 29 2010
The UK's Asbestos Working Party (AWP) has published its revised projection of the cost to employers' liability insurers of the UK's asbestos liability problem
Connecticut Appellate Court holds substantial factor test remains unchanged in workers’ compensation cases
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- January 22 2010
The Connecticut Appellate Court recently held that the "substantial factor test" for causation remains unchanged and that traditional causation rules apply to workers’ compensation cases
Insurers face more noise-induced hearing loss claims following Court of Appeal decision
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- January 21 2010
Insurers may see increased exposure on employers' liability policies in 2010, particularly related to noise-related personal injuries, as the effects of the so-called textile deafness test litigation are felt in the industry
Employers' Liability Insurance Bureau Bill 1st Reading in House of Commons
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- January 13 2010
We reported here on the Employers' Liability Insurance Bureau Bill which is now progressing through the UK parliamentary process, having received its First Reading in the House of Commons on 6 January 2010
Employer's liability trigger judgment - appeal starts today
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- November 11 2009
In November 2008 we reported here that the English High Court had ruled that employers' liability policies, however they are worded, are triggered by exposure to asbestos and not when, many years later, the tumour develops
Court of Appeal decision demonstrates the wide applicability of the "Fairchild" exception for mesothelioma claims
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- November 10 2009
In Sienkiewicz v Greif (UK) Ltd, the Court of Appeal considered the combined effect of the House of Lords' decisions in Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services and Barker v Corus and section 3 of the Compensation Act 2006 on liability for mesothelioma claims
Mesothelioma deaths
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- October 14 2009
A new study has revised the projected rate of UK mesothelioma deaths
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