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...All of them are facing billions of dollars in asbestos-related personal injury litigation....
...Frei was diagnosed with tinnitus and now, almost a decade later, is one of 230,000 personal injury claimants who are suing the Minnesota-based conglomerate 3M, which they allege sold the army faulty Combat...
...The parties devised a channelling injunction — a legal structure used in asbestos cases in the 1980s — to direct claims for personal injury and wrongful death into a trust....
...The legal environment proved perfect for law suits brought by asbestos victims, allowing them to sue major and minor US corporations for millions in compensation for their illnesses....
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