Railroad says Superfund town's health clinic submitted false medical claims
FILE - The town of Libby Mont., is shown Feb. 17, 2010. A major U.S. railroad found partially liable for asbestos contamination that’s killed hundreds of people in a Montana town is trying to convince a federal jury a local clinic submitted hundreds of asbestos claims for people who weren’t sick. MISSOULA, Mont. — — A major U.S.
BNSF Railway — controlled by billionaire Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate — has alleged during a trial taking place in Missoula that more than half the certifications were based on false medical submissions from CARD. The railway shipped asbestos-tainted vermiculite through Libby.CARD and its attorneys deny the claims, arguing the clinic made its diagnoses in line with requirements of the 2009 Affordable Care Act, which included special provisions for the Libby victims.
However, Judge Dana Christensen barred Baucus's statements from being introduced, saying it was the court's role to decide whether the law had been followed. At least 400 people have been killed by asbestos-related disease in the Libby area, according to health officials. Because of the long latency period for those diseases, symptoms can take decades to develop.. It polluted the Libby area over decades, including at a BNSF railway yard in the heart of the town of about 3,000 people.
A 2020 Montana Supreme Court ruling said BNSF should be held liable for its role in the contamination, but didn't specify how.
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