Kelly-Moore Goes After Union Carbide

From the Houston Chronicle: "Asbestos lawsuits create U.S. legal crisis," by Mike Tolson--

Burdened by 48,000 asbestos lawsuits, Kelly-Moore wants to prove to a jury that Union Carbide lied to it in the 1960s and '70s about the safety of asbestos. Company executives say its survival may rest on its verdict.

Kelly-Moore's David-and-Goliath assault on Union Carbide and its deep pockets is being widely watched because of the size of the damage claim — about $1.4 billion — and the precedent it could set. Reduced to basics, however, it is one more front in the war over a mineral that for much of the last century was viewed as a godsend.