A bill that critics fear will expose thousands of additional businesses to asbestos lawsuits has passed the Texas Senate.
Senate Bill 1123, authored by state Sen. Robert Duncan of Lubbock, relates to the standards of causation in mesothelioma claims.
The Senate approved SB 1123 early this evening in a 20-11 vote, despite unified opposition from the business and legal reform community. The House version (HB 1811 by Eiland) is pending in the House Committee on the Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence.
The Senate bill will change established standards regarding the amount of a plaintiff's asbestos exposure and requirement that the plaintiff prove that the dose was sufficient enough to be a substantial factor in causing mesothelioma.
Support for the bills is coming from trial lawyers and labor unions, whose clients and members are usually lawsuit plaintiffs claiming asbestos exposure in the workplace.
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