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    :: Thursday, July 15, 2004 ::

    Judge Removes First Barrier to $500 Million Asbestos Settlement Occupational Hazards
    A federal bankruptcy judge announced that no objections have been filed to a proposal by St. Paul Travelers Companies Inc. that it pay $500 million to victims of asbestos-related diseases on behalf of former client Johns-Manville Corp., an asbestos manufacturer that declared bankruptcy in 1982 as a result of the asbestos-related claims against it.
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