“Former workers are most at risk for asbestos exposure.”
Charles Green
“Anybody with any hint of asbestos exposure is getting taken down. It's a witch hunt.”
David Begleiter
“This plan may be the final road map for resolving all the mega-asbestos bankruptcies being heard in Delaware.”
Charles Tatelbaum
“The crackdown on asbestos litigation in these states has prompted forum shopping in jurisdictions such as South Carolina where objective medical standards have not been adopted legislatively. The court dockets in South Carolina may become crowded with asbestos cases filed by individuals who are not physically impaired. These cases clog the court system and drain resources that would be available to aid individuals who are truly sick. In addition, these cases can threaten the financial viability of South Carolina businesses.”
Robert Herlong
“They would show up in our internal information system as asbestos victims.”
Daniel J. Mulholland
“We remain unconvinced that an acquirer would be interested in buying/merging with Hanson, unless the asbestos liabilities were capped in law. We continue to believe that the probability of asbestos reform becoming law in 2006 is extremely thin.”
Darren Shaw
“Those are state permits, ... They do not need city permits to abate asbestos.”
Kevin Burke
