Insurers Still Hoping For Asbestos Reform

By Steven Brostoff, Washington Editor

NU Online News Service, May 13, 12:18 p.m. EDT, Washington?Insurance companies are looking to Congress for the next step on asbestos litigation reform following termination of negotiations over S. 2290, the controversial legislation that would establish a trust fund to resolve asbestos-related claims out of court.[@@]

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