In the community of American asbestos litigation, the realm that creates all those mesothelioma ads, attorneys hotly debate the merits of specific jurisdictions and if state law is better than federal law -- but it turns out the best place to sue asbestos-related corporations uses neither. Instead, Newport News, Virginia is getting national attention for, in effect, using maritime law to work around business-friendly state laws and even higher-court judicial decisions. For the second year in a row, the city of 180,000 has earned a place on the "Watch List" of the American Tort Reform Foundation, a leading pro-business group that ranks "Judicial Hellholes" annually. (FYI: New York is the...
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