I do not think this does not bode well. What will the next step be?
The following story appeared in The Globe Online:
Headline: Court allows asbestos anxiety claims
Date: 3/11/2003
Byline:
" WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court, in a 5-to-4 vote, ruled
yesterday that workers who become ill from exposure to toxic substances on the
job may seek damages to pay for ''genuine and serious'' fear that they
will someday develop cancer, even if they never do get the disease."
. . .
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who wrote the majority opinion, stressed that the workers would not be able to recover any damages for their fears, if they did not already have a disease that led to that fear. But, once they have that disease, their fear, too, can be grounds for compensation, provided it is ''serious and genuine."
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