A House committee is looking into one of the largest cases of legal and medical fraud in United States history. Thousands of compensation claims were filed over the last few years for workers who allegedly had silicosis -- a deadly lung disease that affects miners, rock-quarry workers and others who breathe in tiny particles of sand. But according to one judge, the claims were "manufactured for
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Tens of thousands of silicosis lawsuits across the nation have been filed by a small group of doctors and lawyers. Defendants say these cases lack medical merit and are being manufactured for money. Recently, a federal judge agreed, in a ruling that could change the litigation landscape.
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The National Legal and Policy Center today applauded the House Energy and Commerce Committee's investigations into the mass tort screening process for silicosis cases and the resulting illustration of widespread fraudulence within tort law.
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