Analysis of the Texas Asbestos/Silica Litigation Reform Bill
May 5, 2005
**photo-1****photo-2** Kent M. Adams, Esq., Managing Shareholder, Adams & Coffey, P.C., Beaumont, Texas Sarah M. Davis, Esq., Shareholder, Adams & Coffey, P.C., Houston, Texas |
Texas, the state where asbestos litigation began,3 and the state with the largest number of pending asbestos cases, is poised to make major changes in the way its courts handle toxic tort litigation. In a move that may become a model for the nation,4 the State of Texas is on the threshold of enacting sweeping reform legislation covering asbestos and silica litigation.5 Both houses of …
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