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Abstract

People with asbestos injuries are increasingly receiving compensation from trusts set up by bankrupt asbestos defendants. A recent report documents how courts handling asbestos cases consider payments by the trusts when determining compensation. Focusing on six states, the researchers find great variation in the coordination between the trusts and the courts, which influences both compensation and payments made by solvent defendants. These differences are largely due to the different liability regimes across states.