1.   Because a settlement requires agreement by both sides, the failure of the asbestos victims to appeal means the pact is dead, they say.

2.   After lawyers for some potential asbestos victims objected, though, a Philadelphia-based federal appeals court rejected the settlement.

3.   After lawyers for some prospective asbestos victims objected, though, a Philadelphia-based federal appeals court rejected the settlement.

4.   Early in its ownership of the mine, Grace sought ways to minimize its financial obligation to asbestos victims.

5.   For Manville, the largest processor of asbestos, bankruptcy got the company back on its feet, but critics said it failed to treat all asbestos victims fairly.

6.   For years, courts have tried to find ways to resolve the huge number of cases brought by asbestos victims.

7.   Grams co-sponsored a bill to set up a system to screen asbestos victims and essentially allow only the seriously injured to be compensated.

8.   In his suicide note, the man, Eduardo Mino, accused the government of ignoring consumer protection groups, supporting manufacturers and lying to asbestos victims.

9.   In particular, they found a serious conflict in the way the settlement treated current asbestos victims and those whose exposure to asbestos had not yet manifested serious illness.

10.   The justices also found a serious conflict in the way the settlement treated current asbestos victims and those whose exposure to asbestos had not yet manifested serious illness.