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Jump to full article: Associated Press (AP), 2003-02-12
Author: Gina Holland / The Associated Press
Intro: The American Bar Association urged Congress Tuesday to restrict who can sue over exposure to cancer-causing asbestos, a stand that could cut the business of its own members.
The position aligned the country's largest lawyers association with business and insurance groups, its opponents on many issues.
But ABA leaders argued that lawyers should accept blame for a crisis in courts overwhelmed with 600,000 asbestos claims, as well as the bankruptcies of dozens of companies that were sued.
"This is not tort reform, it's scandal reform," said Terrence Lavin, a Chicago plaintiffs' attorney. "I have watched helplessly as some, but not all, members of the asbestos bar have made a mockery of our civil justice system and inflicted financial ruin on corporate America."
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