LIBBY, MT

Articles and editorials

W.R. Grace Indicted in Libby Asbestos Deaths—Mine Company and Seven Executives Face Criminal Charges, S1102 [8FE]

Bills and resolutions

Bankruptcy: require vermiculite mining companies to establish a medical trust fund for treating asbestos-related illnesses before emerging from bankruptcy (see S. 1788), S10594 [28SE]

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (see S. 852), S3897 [19AP] (see H.R. 1360), H1690 [17MR]

Letters

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: Alan Reuther, UAW, S3939 [19AP]

———Barry B. Direnfeld, Asbestos Study Group, S3940 [19AP]

———Senators Specter and Leahy, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S7287-S7289 [23JN]

———several veterans' organizations, S3940 [19AP]

Proposals

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act, S1013-S1042 [7FE]

Remarks in House

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (H.R. 1360), E506 [17MR]

Remarks in Senate

Bankruptcy: require vermiculite mining companies to establish a medical trust fund for treating asbestos-related illnesses before emerging from bankruptcy, S2055 [4MR], S2215 [8MR]

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure, S12 [4JA], S1009-S1042 [7FE], S1101 [8FE]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 852), S3905-S3941 [19AP], S5493 [19MY], S6278 [9JN], S7287 [23JN], S12873, S12875 [16NO], S13483 [13DE]

Reports filed

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 852), S6740 [16JN]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 852) (S. Rept. 109-97), S7818 [30JN]

Statements

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: John Engler, National Association of Manufacturers, S3940 [19AP]

———Senator Specter, S3906-S3908 [19AP]

Texts of

S. 852, Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act, S3908-S3939 [19AP]