USCA 5th: Asbestosis Not 'Injury by Accident'

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that an asbestos-related disease is not a bodily injury by accident. In Riverwood International Corp. v. Employers' Insurance of Wasau, No. 04-30608, 08/04/2005, Riverwood International Corp. (Riverwood) obtained a series of workers' compensation and liability policies from Employers' Insurance of Wasau (Wasau) that covered Riverwood from 1974 to 1984. In 2000, present and former employees sued Riverwood for asbestos, which they were allegedly exposed to while working at Riverwood's facility. Riverwood paid $1.513 million in se...