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ASBESTOS LITIGATION:MR. STEVEN KAZAN
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Congressional Testimony
09-25-2002
from 1997 to 2001, and this increase was driven primarily by non-
cancer claims.
Filings /
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Cancer Claims 3,361 3,034 3,684 4,985 4,558
Non-Cancer Claims 18,125 24,425 25,290 49,380 64,054
Claims Denied/Unknown 2,188 1,965 2,759 3,676 20,826
Claims Filed 23,674 29,424 31,733 58,041 89,438
cancer victims has steadily fallen, from 15.6% in 1997 to only
6.6% in 2001. Non-cancer c...
