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... courant.com | Pratt Cancer Battle Continues Subscribe Newspaper ServicesCourant Extras HOME NEWS SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT JOBS CARS REAL ESTATE SHOPPING CLASSIFIED WEATHER TRAFFIC Jobs Cars Real Estate Mortgages Apartments Classified Sales/Deals Place an Ad Coupons News Business Real Estate Technology Your Money Life Sports Opinion Obituaries ctnow.com Site Tools Yellow Pages Maps Traffic Weather Site Map Services Subscribe Archives Reprints Browse Ads View Page 1 Media Kit Services courant.com the web Log in Register Services BUSINESS Pratt Cancer Battle Continues Survivors Lose One Case, But Another Remains Alive; Wrongful Death Law Reforms Urged February 15, 2006 By PAUL MARKS, Courant Staff Writer Sixty-one survivors of Pratt & Whitney employees who died of brain cancer lost their fight to sue the jet engine maker Tuesday when the state Supreme Court ruled against them.But the battle continues on two fronts, with other cancer survivors pressing an ongoing lawsuit blaming the deaths on hazardous conditions at Pratt plants, and with calls for changes in state law governing wrongful death suits.

ADVERTISEMENT Richard Gross, the attorney suing in Superior Court in Waterbury, said the lawsuit has grown from 10 plaintiffs a year ago to more than 20.Two years ago, the judge handling that case decided that among the original plaintiffs, 61 cases were filed too late to comply with ...

... Bloomberg.com: Top Worldwide Updated: New York: Feb 15 04:00London: Feb 15 09:00Tokyo: Feb 15 18:00 US AUBZFPGRHKIMJPLNSMIND : Top Worldwide Top Worldwide Regions Markets Economy/Politics Commentary Sports Culture Bloomberg RSS RESOURCES: Bloomberg TV Bloomberg Radio Markets Top Worldwide E-Mail This Story Printer-Friendly Format Credit Suisse Net Income Increases 15 Percent, Missing Analysts' Estimates Mittal, Bidding for Arcelor, Has Profit Drop on Higher Raw Materials Costs Total's Profit Rises Less Than Estimated; French Strikes Reduce Production Asbestos Trust Fund Opponents Urge New Approach to End Lawsuits Feb.

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senators who voted to scuttle a proposed $140 billion fund for asbestos exposure victims are calling for a different approach to curb lawsuits that have bankrupted almost 80 companies.

As soon as the Senate shelved the fund plan yesterday on a procedural vote, opponents proposed an alternative: requiring victims to document their medical condition before suing for damages.

``We have a broken legal system that needs to be fixed,'' said Senator John Ensign, a Nevada Republican.

The new approach would ``get rid of all the phony claims'' and benefit actual victims, he said.

Four states - Florida, Texas, Georgia and Ohio - have laws that require victims to show their cancer or respiratory disease was caused by asbestos in order to file suit.

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