An Overview of Silica Liability from The Insurance Information Institute (Part Two)

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Silica and Insurance

As noted above, insurers have reported seeing increasing numbers of silica claims. In recent years, asbestos claims and litigation have spread far beyond the original manufacturers of asbestos to target many different types of industries in the U.S. The Stiglitz⁵ study notes that prior to the 1970s, workers with asbestos-related disease generally filed for relief through state workers compensation systems, until a 1973 U.S. Court of Appeals ruling found that manufacturers were liable if they failed to warn consumers about the risks of asbestos exposure. Today, RAND …