In this episode, Brouse McDowell’s Jodi Spencer Johnson and KCIC’s Elizabeth Hanke discuss the changing look of defendants in asbestos-related claims as well as the implications raised in insurance coverage.
In this episode, we will review the changing look of defendants in asbestos-related claims. Historically, we saw a few defendants, primarily large manufacturers, as the targets of asbestos-related claims, but now we see many more smaller companies being named as defendants. In this episode, Brouse McDowell’s Jodi Spencer Johnson and KCIC’s Elizabeth Hanke discuss this trend in more detail as well as the implications it raises in insurance coverage.