Supreme Court Of Ohio Gives Another Ruling Against Asbestos Victims
The Supreme Court in Ohio has made another ruling against asbestos victims. This is the second time in a few weeks that this has left asbestos victims disappointed. The first blow was when the court added another requirement for filing a claim for asbestos exposure. This included those cases that were filed before the law change in 2004.
The law in 2004 required that plaintiffs needed an expert to testify that the victim suffered from health related issues from asbestos exposure, not that they showed signs of asbestos exposure. This law along caused a dismissal of over thirty thousand lawsuits that were filed, which included the ones before the 2004 ruling.
Then a few weeks later the Supreme Court of Ohio voted five to two that a 1977 law pertaining to the liability of the manufacturers and suppliers of products containing asbestos would not be applied to asbestos exposure that was applied before 1977.
This meant that anyone that was exposed to asbestos prior to 1977 could be thrown out. This happened to the widow of Joseph DiCenzo who died in 1993 from poor health from asbestos exposure. The defendants in the case were places he had worked prior to 1977.
The court ruled that the companies could not have known the health risks of those exposed to asbestos prior to 1977 when the material was ordered banned from use for health risks.
Watch for more details about this ruling as it unfolds.
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