Article: Maine Sees More Asbestos Deaths.

Article: Senate approves plan for asbestos trust fund
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 11, 2003 ;     260 words ...Senate approves plan for asbestos trust fund From Associated Press, Bloomberg News and Newsday ... approved legislation for creating a $108 billion trust fund to compensate asbestos exposure victims, as Democrats argued the measure failed ...

Article: Coalition for Asbestos Reform, Other Political Groups to Discuss ...
U.S. Newswire;  July 19, 2005 ;     366 words ... ... floor). The groups will discuss the Asbestos Trust Fund bill (S. 852). The Specter-Leahy bill (S. 852), which would create a $140 billion trust fund to compensate asbestos exposure cases, is one of the most controversial bills ...

Article: Building hope: Kati Maloney LoPresti founded Kati's hope ...
Inside Business;  June 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... effects of Mesothelioma. Not only has the cancer caused by asbestos exposure taken the life of her father and uncle, Kati Maloney LoPresti ... instead, force them to file a claim with a government-run trust fund. A jumpstart for her organization, LoPresti received a ...

Article: OPPOSITION BUILDS OVER ASBESTOS TRUST FUND BILL
The Boston Globe;  May 11, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... effort to create a national trust fund to pay victims of asbestos exposure, legislation that its backers ... pay into a $140 billion trust fund over 30 years in exchange ... has suffered because of asbestos exposure could apply to the Department ...

Article: Bill to develop asbestos trust fund introduced.(be ...
Chemical Market Reporter;  June 2, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... create a $108 billion trust fund to compensate victims of asbestos exposure and shield businesses and ... court. A $108 billion trust fund would pay claims for 25 ... federation says a $200 billion trust fund is needed along with a ...

Article: Asbestos bill eyes court-run trust fund.(NATION)
The Washington Times;  June 17, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... details for a court-run trust fund to pay victims of asbestos exposure. Democrats and Republicans ... completely out of luck if the trust fund runs out of money at any ... Democrats' side argue that the trust fund should be more in the ballpark ...

Article: The asbestos trust fund.(LETTERS)
The Washington Times;  September 28, 2005 ;     652 words ... ... to create a trust fund that will compensate victims of asbestos exposure, while limiting ... premises of the trust-fund legislation ... bailout. The trust-fund solution is the ... true victims of asbestos exposure receive the compensation ...