Florida Court Gives New Life to Asbestos Victims

The 4th District Court of Appeal breathed new life into thousands of pending asbestos-related lawsuits Wednesday by invalidating retroactivity in a state law designed to limit the number of people eligible to sue.

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The Ferraro Law Firm, P.A. is pleased to announce that its efforts to protect their clients' constitutional rights to sue asbestos manufacturers for manufacturing, selling and distributing inherently dangerous products has paid off. On May 28th, 2008, the Fourth District Court of Appeals sided with the Firm's arguments that Florida's asbestos litigation reform statute cannot be retroactively applied to dismiss pending and viable asbestos claims. The effect of this decision cannot be overstated. Not only is the appellate decision a vindication of our clients rights, but stands as the first of hopefully many more instances where corporate-lobbyist drafted legislation is thrown out by the Courts in favor of the rights of those have been unfortunately injured or killed by asbestos.

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