kikipeepers asked
WASHINGTON, March 10 — Railroad workers who have a noncancerous illness because of exposure to asbestos on the job can recover damages for mental torment over the prospect of actually getting cancer itself, the Supreme Court ruled today. In a 5-to-4 decision that was anxiously awaited by insurance and business interests for its potential impact outside the railroad industry, the court upheld a jury award of nearly $5 million for six former railroad workers from West Virginia who had developed a noncancerous lung disease, asbestosis, after being exposed to asbestos dust. Asbestosis itself does not lead to cancer. But people who have the condition are statistically vulnerable to cancer, including a deadly form called mesothelioma, which attacks the chest cavity and causes excruciating pain that is relieved only by death...
125 answers · 0 comments
Answer this yourself in the app
See how this splits by age, gender, and region in the app.
