Losing a loved one to an asbestos-related disease is devastating. But amid the grief, families often face another challenge: ...

In Washington's first look at the issue in five years, congressional Republicans are exploring possible changes to the 50 or so settlement trusts that together pay out billions for asbestos claims ...

WASHINGTON — An avalanche of asbestos lawsuits — many filed by people who are not extremely sick — is overwhelming courts and threatening companies even though the cancer-causing substance has not ...

A plaintiffs attorney who was debarred from filing claims with an asbestos trust could get another shot after a federal appeals court found the restriction may have wrongly curtailed his privilege to ...

Editor’s note: This article is part of a series examining evidence submitted in Garlock Sealing Technologies’ bankruptcy proceeding that was recently unsealed as a result of Legal Newsline’s legal ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - EnPro Industries and a bankrupt subsidiary, Garlock Sealing Technologies, have struck a deal with a plaintiffs' lawyer to set aside $357.5 million to cover asbestos related claims ...

Corporate defendants in asbestos lawsuits are seeking to stop records of past compensation payments from being deleted after bankruptcy courts authorized broad probes in recent years into potentially ...

Metro-east courts have faced accusations of allowing venue shopping and unsubstantiated asbestos lawsuits in "judicial ...