A trial begins against Warren Buffett's BNSF Railway over the lung cancer deaths of two people who lived in a small northwestern Montana town where thousands were exposed to asbestos from a vermiculite mine.
A trial begins Monday against Warren Buffett's
and its corporate predecessors stored asbestos-laden vermiculite in a large rail yard in town before shipping it to plants where it was heated to expand it for use as insulation. Railway is expected to argue that there's no proof Wells and Walder were exposed to asbestos levels above federal limits, that if they were in the rail yard they were trespassing and that Wells' and Walder's medical conditions were not caused by
cannot try to shift blame onto other companies that might also be liable for asbestos exposure in Libby. However, the railway is expected to argue that amounts paid to Wells, Walder or their estates by other parties responsible for asbestos exposure should be deducted from any damages granted in this case.
Trial BNSF Railway Asbestos Lung Cancer Deaths Montana Vermiculite Mine
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