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‘Substantial factor’ test rejected for asbestos cases 

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    • January 16, 2013

An asbestos defendant in a multiple-exposure case could not be subjected to liability on the ground that its alleged negligence was a “substantial contributing factor” to a worker’s mesothelioma, the Virginia Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a $239,000 verdict.
The plaintiff’s husband died from mesothelioma in 2007. During the » […]

Original post by http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/16/substantial-factor-test-rejected-for-asbestos-cases/

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