Customer Rating: Summary: Asbestos Legal Aspects Comment: It is avery usefull book to people involved in litigation agaisnt asbestos companies. It allow you to use the long experience in this subject carried out in USA and other countries and the Companies strategies for avoiding their liabilities.
This comprehensive reference for attorneys involved in asbestos litigation includes a complete historical perspective of prior-and ongoing-litigation and covers the evolving knowledge of asbestos hazards, both in open literature and with particular attention to the main defendants in these cases.
The new fourth edition of Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects equips the attorney preparing a case with crucial information, materials, and resources, including evaluations of the main defense arguments and analyses of unpublished records.
The book covers in detail:
* Asbestosis and cancer * Compensability of asbestosis and cancer as occupational diseases * Thresholds and standards used to determine safe or acceptable levels of asbestos exposure in the workplace * Company knowledge of asbestos hazards, gleaned from countless depositions, company records, industry consultants, and trade associations.
