With a potential payout of $114 billion, they regard the bill as a bailout for asbestos producers and their insurers, and "an outrageous attack on the rights of asbestos victims, leaving them without the help they need while shutting them out of the legal system," said Jeff Blum, executive director of USAction, an advocacy group on the lawyers' side.
News Source: Washington Post | Published: April 20, 2004 |
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