On 1/28/21 3:08 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
Most of these actions aren't lawsuits per se, but rather claims made on
trust funds set up by asbestos manufacturers as part of Chapter 7
bankruptcy filings. So the money's already there and if one has been
afflicted by mesothelioma and can claim *any* exposure to asbestos in
the past, the fund usually pays out a million or two to the claimant and
his lawyer. Not quite ambulance-chasing, but close. Late night TV is
full of ads for this sort of thing.
A similar thing is going on for Roundup herbicide and non-Hodgkins
lymphoma from a fund set up by Montsanto, whose patent on glyphosate
herbicide has long since run out. Glyphosate is still widely used in
agriculture.
I use it all the time. And in a much stronger potency than what you
find in Roundup. Make you wonder, if it really is so bad, why is it
still legal? But then, look at tobacco. Won't even let you sue for
that.
bill
