1.   A federal court, however, overturned them in a case brought by the asbestos industry.

2.   A University of South Carolina law school graduate, Motley made a fortune and his name through legal victories against the asbestos industry.

3.   Again, the asbestos industry intervened and threatened to file antitrust suits.

4.   But two days before the deadline, the initiative fell apart when the asbestos industry again threatened to sue all parties involved.

5.   But there is more at stake than just the asbestos industry.

6.   Dr. David Egilman, a clinical associate professor in the Department of Community Health at Brown University, has been a paid expert witness against the asbestos industry.

7.   It is a highly contentious package of laws promoted, for the most part, by GAF Corp., W.R. Grace and others in the asbestos industry.

8.   Like the deadly, microscopic fiber it mines, the Canadian asbestos industry is small but potent.

9.   Murray conceded that her legislation faces an uphill battle because of the influence of the asbestos industry.

10.   President Reagan and J. Peter Grace, then chairman of the W.R. Grace Co., a leader in the asbestos industry, had a close association.