Mississippi Top Court Allows Asbestos Trust Setoffs From FELA Verdict

(February 21, 2018, 1:42 PM EST) -- JACKSON, Miss. — Nothing in the state’s precedent or the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) precludes setting off an asbestos verdict with amounts recovered from asbestos trusts, a divided Mississippi Supreme Court held Feb. 15 (Illinois Central Railroad Co. v. Bennie Oakes, et al., No. 2015-TS-00644, Miss. Sup., 2018 Miss. LEXIS 67)....

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