New York Court Says Settlement Terms Don’t Bar Mesothelioma Action

( August 30, 2017, 2:18 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A release signed in a previous tort action lists asbestos-related illnesses among the diseases for which the employee released his employer from liability, but the agreement’s boilerplate language is not the type of carefully negotiated terms required to bar a subsequent lawsuit alleging mesothelioma, a majority of a New York appeals court held Aug. 29 (In re: New York City Asbestos Litigation, Anne M. South, etc. v. Chevron Corp., etc., et al., No. 4048 190029/15, N.Y. Sup., App. Div., 1st Dept.)....

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