“Trigger” Judgment
News | 21st Nov 2008
Mr Justice Burton today delivered his long-awaited judgment in the Employers’ Liability Trigger Litigation. The litigation followed the decision of a number of UK insurers to refuse to pay mesothelioma claims on the traditional “exposure” basis. Mesothelioma is the generic term for malignant tumours arising in the mesothelial tissue which lines the pleura of the […]