What is the basis for asbestos litigation?
A. The health hazards associated with asbestos exposure were known long before the carcinogenic mineral was finally regulated under section 112 of the Clean Air Act in 1970. In 1906, a British Parliamentary Commission confirmed a correlation between asbestos exposure faced by asbestos workers and their premature deaths. It was recommended that factory owners provide better ventilation systems and other safety measures so as to limit employee asbestos exposure. Asbestos product manufacturers chose to turn a “blind-eye” to the obvious health hazards so as to continue profiting; a decision that led to what has been labeled as the worst occupational health disaster in United States history. As a result, all asbestos product manufacturers and related entities find themselves liable today for any asbestos-related diseases that past employees (or their families) may have contracted.
