WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bill to establish a $140 billion asbestos compensation fund is cooling but supporters are pressing ahead and even one critic of the legislation said he expected it to clear the Senate Judiciary Committee.
A fourth session of the committee to consider asbestos amendments was forced to stop work at midday last week due to a brawl over judicial nominees on the Senate floor.
According to the Reuters report, Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said he would try to resume work on the bill next Tuesday. The Pennsylvania Republican said he thought he had a “fighting chance” of getting the bill approved by the panel next week despite dozens of pending amendments and the fireworks over judges.
Lindsey O'Neill is the Director of Legal Content and Strategic Development at LawInfo.com. Ms. O'Neill is a California licensed attorney based in La Jolla and experienced in a wide variety of legal and business matters.
150B is huge but if that what it costs then it should be so
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my das just died from mesothelioma this year.i cant erase the horrible memories.he screamed my name a 100 time a night.he couldnt eat,walk,sleep and barly breath..his two wishes was not to die alone and to take care of his family.he was are only parent and the kids only grandparent.im trying to move past this but i cant until i get answers.our lawyer said there will be no case after 9 monthes of waiting because there is not anough proof that he got this diesease from these specific compaines.what more proof does a person need.
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I just lost my husband of 35 years to mesothelioma and it is absolutely the most horrible way to DIE and he was diagnosed in june and died in september. No time to prepare by the time they found it it was TOO LATE, he went through chemo and suffered so much. I can’t believe this disease is the most horrible suffering I have ever seen in my life. and the government is still letting these companies use this cancer causing ingredient. We all depend on the fda to keep us informed but it seems that all they are doing is letting these companies sell their product then when it starts killing people they are allowed to file bankruptcy and get a slap on the wrist and go on making their money and we are left out in the cold so to speak.
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