Judge Finds Injury Occurs as Soon as Asbestos Is Inhaled

Judge Finds Injury Occurs as Soon as Asbestos Is Inhaled

An Allegheny County trial judge has ruled in a case of first impression that, for insurance coverage purposes, an injury occurs on the date of a plaintiff’s first exposure to asbestos, despite recent scientific evidence suggesting diseases almost never commence upon the initial inhalation of asbestos fibers.

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