it anymore. From the link in the OP
Incredibly, the House is pairing the VW Bailout Bill with other legislation designed to limit corporate liability. The FACT (Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency) Act would force public reporting of personal information of asbestos victims, in an effort to delay and limit compensation for their poisoning.
The Chamber of Commerce also supports the FACT Act, claiming it would prevent double-dipping by mesothelioma sufferers who may have been exposed to multiple asbestos-lined products. But the clear intent is to both chill victims from coming forward and delay their compensation. Because mesothelioma sufferers typically only live between four and 18 months after diagnosis, this would shift many victim claims to wrongful death, which has a lower payout rate. Corporations like Honeywell have financial reason to want victims of their use of harmful chemicals to die quicker, so they can pay their families less.
the FACT bill was written by ALEC, endorsed by the chamber of Commerce and introduced By republicons Trent Frank of AZ and Goodlatte of VA
What company would benefit from this the most?
GEORGIA-PACIFIC
http://centerjd.org/content/fact-sheet-koch-and-asbestos-legislation
Koch has a direct financial interest in limiting the rights of asbestos victims and it has been aggressively attempting to do so for nearly a decade.
•Since 2005, Koch Industries has owned paper manufacturer Georgia-Pacific, which has been sued by hundreds of thousands of asbestos victims for poisoning them with the company’s asbestos-containing joint compound.[2]
•In 2005, Georgia-Pacific devised a strategy to defend itself against asbestos lawsuits by funding and controlling studies falsely concluding Koch’s type of asbestos does not cause cancer[3] (even though the Occupational Safety & Heath Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the World Health Organization say it does).[4]
Who funds ALEC?
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