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Worker who got mesothelioma 40 years after job caught in comp...
2015-11-04 23:19:31| Chemicals - Topix.net
Workers compensation was the exclusive remedy for a man who developed asbestos-related mesothelioma more than a decade after a deadline had run out for seeking occupational disease-related benefits, a split Illinois Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a case closely followed by employers and insurance industry groups. James Folta worked as a shipping clerk and product tester for Ferro Engineering, a division of Cleveland-based On Marine Services Co., from 1966 to 1970, court records show.
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