Mississippi Court: FELA Award Not Subject To Offsets For Asbestos Trust Recoveries

Mealey's (December 16, 2016, 1:54 PM EST) -- JACKSON, Miss. — A railroad cannot offset a $50,000 Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) asbestos verdict with monies collected from asbestos bankruptcy trusts, a divided Mississippi Court of Appeals held Dec. 13 (Illinois Central Railroad Co. v. Bennie Oakes, deceased, by and through Clara Hagan, his representative, No. 2015-CA-00644-COA, Miss. App.)....

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