Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Asbestos : anatomy of a mass tort

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Asbestos : anatomy of a mass tort / Christian Lahnstein... [et al.]

Sumario: I. Complex damages-asbestos from a reinsurer's point of view -- II. Asbestos industries: rise, fall, and rise again? -- III. Asbestos-related diseases and casualties -- IV. Structure of insurance markets and the role of employer's, environmental and product liability -- V. Employers' liability and workers' compensation -- VI. Employers' liability and worker's compensation -- VI. Employees' claims againsta employers -- VII. Subrogation of WC, health and disability insurers against employers -- VIII. EL insurance -- UK: compulsory EL insurance in the midst of social policy considerations -- Ireland: following the UK model -- Italy: EL in a European welfare state I -- Spain: EL in a European welfare state II -- France: funds and EL as an option -- Czech Republic: first-party insurance with tort-law benefits -- Japan: EL in the japanese welfare state -- Brazil: EL in a developing country -- Annexe: Asbestos consumption worldwide 1920 to 2005: world asbestos production substitute products

1. Higiene industrial . 2. Asbestosis . 3. Amianto . 4. Contaminación en ambientes laborales . 5. Compensación de culpas . 6. Víctimas humanas . 7. Seguridad química . 8. Reino Unido . 9. Irlanda . 10. Italia . 11. España . 12. Francia . 13. República Checa . 14. Japón . 15. Brasil . I. Lahnstein, Christian .