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Blair ’to change’ asbestos ruling

Last month's Law Lords ruling will affect thousands of widows, whose husbands died from mesothelioma. Firms had challenged a judgement favouring bereaved families and workers who contracted mesothelioma at work. But Mr Blair said he hoped to make an announcement on his plans to change the House of Lords ruling in a fortnight. "I regret that judgement. I'm looking at the moment to see the best opportunity for us to change it," he told a GMB conference in Blackpool. "If we can change it, we will. I hope to announce something on this in a couple of weeks." More : news.bbc.co.uk

Asbestos victims win landmark case

Three people affected by asbestos cancer have won a groundbreaking case for compensation in the House of Lords. The Law Lords were examining test cases brought by a man who has mesothelioma - asbestos cancer - and two widows whose husbands died of the disease. They were appealing against previous rulings by the Court of Appeal and the High Court denying them compensation on the basis that they were exposed to the deadly dust by more than one employer. The decision to overturn those rulings paves the way for thousands of similar claims and could leave insurance companies facing a

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A recent House of Lords judgement has changed the legal landscape for thousands of people, mainly men, seeking compensation for the asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma. It used to be possible for those people who developed mesothelioma to sue any one of their past employers who had not protected them from asbestos fibres, and claim 100 per cent of damages from that single employer. The tables have turned with the Lords decision in the Barker vs Corus case. Now the mesothelioma sufferers must seek out every past employer, and sue each one of them in order to claim the full amount of

U.K. ruling creates big hurdle for mesothelioma claimants

LONDON--A recent decision by the U.K. High Court, if not overturned on appeal, will make it almost impossible for any victim of mesothelioma to obtain compensation through the courts if there is more than one defendant, lawyers say. The decision last month also has brought to a halt all settlement negotiations between mesothelioma claimants and defendant companies and their insurers. In a ruling that overturns existing U.K. asbestos liability precedents, High Court Judge Curtis embraced new medical theory and dismissed a claim by the widow of an asbestos victim because she could not prove which of two defendants was responsible

Lawyers Silent on Possible Asbestos Trust

Plaintiffs' lawyers are not usually a meek lot. But they seem to have lost their voice in the debate over a national trust to end all asbestos lawsuits, which might cost them tens of billions of dollars in attorneys' fees over the next 30 years. The trust still faces many hurdles, with companies and insurers offering to put up about $90 billion, and unions and lawyers saying much more is needed. But after another productive negotiating session overseen by Senate Judiciary Committee staff members yesterday, people on all sides of the debate are increasingly optimistic that an agreement is closer