NU Online News Service, June 1, 4:27 p.m. EDT
WASHINGTON–Railroad workers who seek damages for mental anguish out of fear they will get cancer from exposure to asbestos must show that "fear is genuine and serious," the Supreme Court ruled today.
The Supreme Court decision reversed a ruling by a lower court and by the Tennessee Court of Appeals and sent the case back to Tennessee based on the court decision.
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