A High Court in the United Kingdom has rendered a significant opinion in the asbestos litigation that has clogged that country’s courts for the past several years. Various lower courts had ruled that public liability policies providing coverage for employees contracting mesothelioma were triggered on the date of injury. Different courts differed however over what constituted injury.Was the employee injured on the date he or she inhaled asbestos fibers or on the date that proof of injury actually could be detected? Continue reading “British Asbestos Cases Make More Work for Insurance Archeologists”
Month: December 2008
Old Gold in the Attic
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Finding the Money for Environmental Clean Ups In Yesterday’s Business Records
Successful dry cleaners keep a clean shop. Yet in recent years, the tidiest of dry cleaners are discovering that their inclination toward order and cleanliness is having a negative impact on their ability to stay in business.
Shredding and discarding old business records has long been the way to keep storage areas manageable and office areas functional. However, dry cleaners are finding that certain of the old business records they destroyed are the very documents they now need to keep their doors open. Continue reading “Old Gold in the Attic”