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Personal Injury & Torts

Nov. 19, 2009

Asbestos Oversight Gains Support

A San Francisco proposal to establish a single department for asbestos case management looks likely to get the green light after a packed hearing Tuesday.

By Dhyana Levey

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - A proposal to establish a single department in the San Francisco court for asbestos case management looks likely to get the green light after a packed hearing Tuesday.

The standing room-only crowd of attorneys who showed up to the hearing demonstrated their interest in the plan with a chorus of questions and comments aimed more at exploring the nuts and bolts of the pr...

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