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QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh asbestos was used to insulate alot of older buildings.thats why its going to take csx longer to demoli***he depot that burned down over the summer. stay safe joe
QUOTE: Originally posted by jchnhtfd Rather, the USA seems to have a general culture -- which has developed only relatively recently -- in which there is an extreme aversion to risk and a related tendency for the first reaction to injury to be to sue someone. This is not healthy...
QUOTE: Originally posted by dknelson Well now .... remember that there are those experts who believe the Twin Towers might have survivied the 9/11 hit had the builders used .... more asbestos. Dave Nelson
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QUOTE: Originally posted by arbfbe Let me add one for the lawyers here. Gabe says only the lawyers will make out here. *** doubtful they will sueing a bankrupt company. While they might win the award for themselves and the victims who is going to pay it? Think about it folks, if no lawyer can afford to take on the case since his payback will be zero and you cannot afford to pay hundreds of dollars an hour to a lawyer to sue account what the company did to you, where is your recourse? That's right, if you cap the damages in all these 'frivolous' law suits no plaintiff can afford to pay the lawyer on an hourly basis and no lawyer can afford to take it on a contingency basis. In effect your right of redress in the courts has been pulled out from under you. Big money wins again. I do not have to mention which party is big on 'tort reform' in this country. Think about where you would be if you got injured on the job and could never work again. What if the cap for losing sight in both eyes was $350,000 and then the company you worked for decided to contest the claim against them. How could you survive for the years they might drag it out. Would an attorney take your claim for 30% or the award which would at best be about $110,000? You will end up paying all the expenses for those years as well. You might end up with less than the attorney. The end result is you cannot afford to sue so you take what ever you are offered. The next time some talking head on TV yaps about Tort Reform, read between the lines and insert loss of legal redress. Sure the trial lawyers want to protect their income stream but the small folks need to protect their right to sue for a meaningful amount.
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