A bill proposed by the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee that would set up a $140 billion trust fund to compensate people sickened by exposure to asbestos came under sharp attack from both ...

It-s been decades since asbestos first made headlines as a deadly workplace hazard. Some 200,000 lawsuits are currently pending, and the numbers keep rising every year. Two thousand people a year are ...

Louisiana’s junior U.S. Senator John Kennedy has only been in office a few months, but he already has a chance to make his mark. As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he will soon consider a ...

WASHINGTON — Prospects for legislation that would create a $108 billion trust fund for residents of Libby and others who have been sickened by asbestos are bleak. The optimistic Judiciary Committee ...

HELENA - Sen. Max Baucus is urging creation of a federal "white lung" trust fund to care for people with asbestos diseases. Baucus has asked the director of the Congressional Research Service to ...

Workers at asbestos job sites in the state of Texas may be at risk of developing mesothelioma, asbestos lung cancer, or other diseases as a result of asbestos exposure. For decades, asbestos materials ...