Workers Compensation Statutes. A Dead End?
For decades companies have exposed workers to asbestos knowing their potential risk of developing asbestos-related cancer. Insurance companies and corporations like W. R. Grace have tried to cover up their knowledge and downplay the risks associated with asbestos exposure. Learn how victims were poisoned and why companies did nothing to protect their employees.
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Some of the nation's largest insurance companies knew for decades that asbestos could kill but didn't warn workers or take other measures that might have averted the nation's worst workplace health disaster, industry documents show. More...
Asbestos Victims Denied Justice
A recent study in Washington confirmed that workers compensation benefits do not reach the majority of workers who have been disabled by asbestos. Most workers comp systems are designed to compensate discrete, curable and traumatic injuries -- such as a broken leg. But, in the context of progressive, incurable and latent lung diseases like asbestosis, the workers comp system falls tragically short. More...
W. R. Grace Exposed to Intentional Poisoning Lawsuits
W.R.Grace has earned the reputation as one of the most reckless and indifferent asbestos companies . For years, Grace and the Zonolite Company, its predecessor, have been targeted by state and federal health and safety regulators for exposing their employees in Libby, Montana to unsafe levels of asbestos dust and fibers. Grace has operated a vermiculite mine and processing plant in Libby since the 1940's. More...
Washington Supreme Court Sides With Workers
We had previously discussed a recent opinion from the Montana Supreme Court that allowed employees of the W.R. Grace Company to sue their employer directly for an intentional tort of poisoning. Normally, a state's workmens' compensation system provides the "exclusive remedy" for on the job injuries, and insulates employers from civil lawsuits. More...