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Mesothelioma Legal Issues
In the United States, the average mesothelioma-related settlement
was $1 million; for cases that go to trial awards averaged $6 million,
according to a study by the RAND Corporation. Only a small fraction
of the thousands of asbestos-related lawsuits in the United States
every year are related to mesothelioma. In 2004, a bill in the United
States Senate aimed an asbestos litigation reform failed to reach
a floor vote. In January of 2005, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman
Arlen Specter announced he would again try to pass an asbestos litigation
reform bill.
A separate bill introduced on March 17, 2005, the Fairness in Asbestos
Injury Resolution Act of 2005 (FAIR act of 2005), seeks to ensure
a set amount of compensation dependent on the symptoms of the victim.
The range is from Medical Monitoring for victims with Asbestosis
or Pleural Disease to $35,000 for victims with Mixed Disease With
Impairment all the way to over $1,000,000 for Mesothelioma victims
and nonsmoking Lung Cancer victims.
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