Checkered rulings. In 2008, within the framework of a trial opposing six former employees suffering from mesothelioma and the company’s insurers, who refused to pay, the High Court declared responsible for compensating the victims the insurance company that covered the company at the time of exposure to asbestos dust, not at the time when the disease appeared (see our dispatch No. 080965). This verdict reassured the families of the approximately 6,000 asbestos victims in the country. The trial is going back to the Supreme Court – which actually allowed insurers to suspend the payment of damages.
dust, not at the time when the disease appeared (see our dispatch No. 080965). This verdict reassured the families of the approximately 6,000 asbestos victims in the country. The trial is going back to the Supreme Court – which actually allowed insurers to suspend the payment of damages.
Insurances’ wording in question. The appeal judges had a hard time rendering a verdict because they think it all depends on the wording of the insurance policy. Indeed, Ian McFall, head of asbestos policy at
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