Victim Reps Doubtful About Asbestos Fund Bill

Leaders of victims' organizations have written to ranking U.S. senators warning that a proposed national asbestos trust fund is likely to go bankrupt and fail. With the bill scheduled to be heard Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee, a half-dozen leaders of national victims' groups fired off a letter to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and Democratic Leader Harry Reid to warn them that the funding is inadequate. The letter writers, who represent thousands of asbestos victims across the country, said that the finances to back the national fund are grossly insufficient and will not be...