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Ohio Adopts Asbestos Claim Criteria by Walter J. Andrews
Lon A. Berk
Frank Winston
William A. Schreiner
Shaw Pittman LLP
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June 22, 2005
Previously published on June 18, 2004
Ohio Governor Robert Taft has signed into law a bill which would
set the minimum criteria a plaintiff alleging an asbestos injury must
show in order to proceed with the plaintiff's case. The law, which
is the first of its kind in the country, requires an asbestos plaintiff to
come forward with evidence meeting basic thresholds for the type
of asbestos injury alleged within thirty days of filing the complaint.
Defendants have 120 days to rebut such evidence. Am. Sub. H.B.
No. 292, 125th Gen. Assembly, Reg. Sess. (Ohio 2004) ("H.B.
292").
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