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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist on Friday reaffirmed a pledge to bring up legislation to curb asbestos lawsuits early next year.

"That is an issue that we will take up very early," the Tennessee Republican told reporters outside his office.

Reforming asbestos litigation was a "jobs issue, a lawsuit abuse issue (and) a health care issue," Frist said.

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Clinton Abortion Notification Case Frist said last month that one of the first issues the Senate would take up in 2006 would be legislation to create a $140 billion fund to compensate victims harmed by exposure to the fibrous mineral and end hundreds of thousands of asbestos injury lawsuits.

Asbestos was widely used for fireproofing and insulation until the 1970s.

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Glater The New York Times TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2005 BRIDGEPORT, West Virginia About a decade ago, a radiologist in this small town gradually stopped seeing patients and instead adopted what turned out to be a much more lucrative practice: reading X-rays full time.

The doctor, Ray Harron, 73, reviewed as many as 150 X-rays a day, or one every few minutes, and produced medical reports for $125 each.

Some of his reports supported claims by more than 75,000 people seeking compensation for lung injury caused by inhalation of asbestos.

For his work, he probably earned millions of dollars over the ...