Judge: Case Alleging Failure To Pay Workers’ Comp Asbestos Benefits May Proceed

Mealey's (September 13, 2016, 9:58 AM EDT) -- CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A mesothelioma sufferer has standing to pursue, and the court has jurisdiction over, claims that an employer and its insurer are not making timely payments under North Carolina’s workers’ compensation statutes, a federal judge in North Carolina held Sept. 9 (James Norman Richardson v. PCS Phosphate Company Inc., et al., No. 16-00068, W.D. N.C; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 122354)....