Miss. Top Court: FELA Settlement In Asbestosis Case Precludes Brain Cancer Action

Mealey's (May 31, 2019, 12:24 PM EDT) -- JACKSON, Miss. — A settlement in a Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) asbestosis case that references cancer sufficiently contemplates the disease as an outcome and precludes a future action involving brain cancer, a divided Mississippi Supreme Court held May 23 (Andrew L. Ward Jr., et al. v. Illinois Central Railroad Co., No. 2018-CA-00285-SCT, Miss. Sup., 2019 Miss. LEXIS 207)....

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