1.   After Borg-Warner challenged him he brought two asbestos cases to trial, winning large judgments.

2.   Burry and Birnbaum said the Castano case is even more likely to get dismantled on appeal than the asbestos case was.

3.   But asbestos cases have proved to be a particular challenge for judges and the courts because of the nature of the ailments that the substance causes.

4.   But he said he did get wind of high asbestos exposure, so he disqualified himself from asbestos cases.

5.   Garrard blames judges, who, he said, should appoint independent panels of doctors to review asbestos cases.

6.   He said the company was prepared for any potential resolution of the asbestos cases.

7.   It also assumes it will lose a major U.S. asbestos case now on appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

8.   Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court said something had to be done to break the logjam of asbestos cases clogging the court system.

9.   Much the same might be said of the asbestos cases of Johns Manville, or the antitrust disputes of IBM.

10.   Oliver has been a paid expert witness in asbestos cases.