Mealey's (April 23, 2020, 11:57 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Settlements daughters reached in tort actions do not trigger provisions in the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act or negate widows’ death benefits claims arising from asbestos, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held April 17 (Beverly Hale v. Bae Systems San Francisco Ship Repair Inc., et al., Luz Verducci v. Bae Systems San Francisco Ship Repair Inc., et al., Nos. 18-72869, 18-73063, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 12307)....