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      "id": 103265,
      "date": "2003-09-08",
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      "title": "Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2003 (S. 1125, 108th Congress)",
      "summary": "This report summarizes salient features of  S. 1125 , 108th Congress, the Fairness in\nAsbestos Resolution Act of 2003 (or FAIR Act of 2003), as reported by the Committee on the\nJudiciary on July 30, 2003 ( S.Rept. 108-118 ).  S. 1125  would create the Office of\nSpecial Asbestos Masters, within the United States Court of Federal Claims, to award damages to\nasbestos claimants on a no-fault basis. Damages would be paid by the Asbestos Injury Claims\nResolution Fund, which would be funded by companies that have previously made payments related\nto asbestos claims filed against them, and by insurers of such companies. Asbestos claims could no\nlonger be filed or pursued under state law, except for the enforcement of judgments no longer subject\nto any appeal or judicial review before the date of enactment of the bill.\n  For background information on the history of asbestos litigation and on proposals besides\n S. 1125  to address the situation, see  CRS Report RL32286 ,  Asbestos Litigation:\nProspects for Legislative Resolution , by Edward Rappaport.",
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