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Civil Litigation

Jul. 5, 2017

Bill will end abuse dying asbestos victims

Senate Bill 632, currently before the California Assembly, will protect dying asbestos victims suffering mesothelioma from days and weeks of abusive and unnecessary cross-examination during their final days of life.

Laurel Halbany

Associate
Kazan McClain Satterley & Greenwood

55 Harrison St Ste 400
Oakland , CA 94607-3858

Phone: (510) 302-1000

Fax: (510) 835-4913

Email: lhalbany@kazanlaw.com

Laurel has represented victims of asbestos exposure since 1974. She also is a board member with Consumer Attorneys of California.

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Senate Bill 632, currently before the California Assembly, will protect dying asbestos victims suffering mesothelioma from days and weeks of abusive and unnecessary cross-examination during their final days of life. SB 632 allows ample time for effective cross-examination. But two related factions are lining up to stop this bill's passage: the corporations that made and sold the asbestos products that caused this fatal disease, despite knowing those products were dead...

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