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HB142: Successor Asbestos-Related Liability Fairness Act; created.
Chief Patron
Del.
Terry Kilgore (R-1)
Terry Kilgore
(R-1)
Gate City, VA
Served: 1994–
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Became Law |
Status
02/12/2008: Failed to Pass in Committee
Summary
Virginia Successor Asbestos-Related Liability Fairness Act; created. Creates the Virginia Successor Asbestos-Related Liability Fairness Act, which establishes limits on the liability of successor corporations for asbestos-related claims that have been assumed or incurred through merger or consolidation with another corporation.
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Comments
Why is it okay to allow the victim, the injured party, to take the financial hit?
This just continues the mandate that corporations aren't responsible to anyone for anything except making profits for their stockholders.
Bad bill....leave this to the courts and stop taking so much corporate lobbyist's money....
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