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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office closed on Wednesday the Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) from the U.S.-Canada border. The town of about 3,000 people is near a mine that produced asbestos dust for decades, and the clinic has been at the forefront of efforts to help victims.

Courts in Montana have said BNSF contributed to the pollution when it brought contaminated material from the mine through town, and the railway separately faces numerous lawsuits from asbestos victims in Libby and surrounding communities.

But the Texas-based railway prevailed in a 2023 lawsuit alleging the clinic fraudulently made some patients eligible for government benefits when it knew they were not sick. The railway challenged the validity of over 2,000 diagnoses by the clinic and 337 were ruled false.

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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 28 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

CARD bankruptcy attorney James “Andy” Patten said the railway’s attempts to collect on the fraud judgment violated the bankruptcy settlement, which was approved by a federal court. Sloan declined to comment on the bankruptcy settlement.

Capitalism has got to go. It's an eternal ATM for capitalists, and a death sentence for everyone else.

[–] gaja@lemm.ee 12 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I'm confused. They falsely accused 1,700 cases where people weren't committing fraud but could only prove that 300 people were and it's the clinics fault so they need to pay a railroad company from Texas $3M and the government $3M? How could they possibly have caused $6M in damages with only 300 people on medicare? Did each person get paid $20,000?

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 7 points 6 hours ago

You dont mess with Big Mesothelioma and get away with it. You or your family may be entitled to reverse compensation

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 36 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

yet again the reddest states benefiting the most from govt handouts vote to eliminate govt handouts and are now surprisedpikachu

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

And if the government tries to be proactively prevent this kind of stuff from ever happening... Communism! Or whatever.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago

if they die, it's not a problem. if they live long enough to vote D, it's a problem

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 15 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Every "conservative" policy is designed to kill people.

[–] pepperprepper@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Which results in lower life expectancy.

[–] Franklin@lemmy.ca 1 points 54 minutes ago* (last edited 1 minute ago)

yeah but Republicans only care that you're alive for your working years, 16 - 40.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 10 points 8 hours ago

I don't see how this is a rich people's problem