Justice is distorted, and our economy is held back, by irresponsible class actions and frivolous asbestos claims — and I urge Congress to pass legal reforms this year.Unabashed Whore's State of the Union Address - February 2, 2005
When I used to work in a defense firm in San Francisco, back in another lifetime, class-action asbestos lawsuits were just on the docket. The firm I worked for was involved, and it created a full-time position on just that one case for an attorney and his secretary. That was a long time ago, and asbestos has long since been removed from schools and other public buildings' insulation at great expense. I don't think anybody involved in any of that on either side of the law fence considered it "frivolous". Lo those many years ago, nor any ensuing years until Preznit Cheney's Frivolous Whore, have I heard anybody, politician or otherwise, speaking of the frivolity of asbestos lawsuits.More than 100 Northwest families have won a $30 million settlement in an asbestos lawsuit involving a subsidiary of Houston-based Halliburton Co.AP Wire - February 3, 2005
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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