Georgia-Pacific, owned by Koch Industries, employ controversial legal tactic to circumvent paying millions to sickened workers

Georgia-Pacific, owned by Koch Industries, employ controversial legal tactic to circumvent paying millions to sickened workers

Asbestos victims, their families and attorneys are claiming a Koch Industries-owned company and its lawyers are using a controversial bankruptcy maneuver to avoid paying millions in compensation to its former employees.

Workers at Georgia-Pacific, a paper and building products company, have been locked in a years-long battle with a company over claims asbestos in its products caused fatal cancers.

The case has come as the Koch brothers’ political network has pushed for legislation to protect companies facing asbestos-related claims and limit payouts for victims.

Koch Industries bought Georgia-Pacific in 2005. The company faces over 60,000 asbestos lawsuits but has not paid out anything since 2017 when the company conducted a controversial maneuver known as the “Texas two-step”.

      • pandapoo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        10·
        10 months ago

        Not really. He died having won all his battles.

        If he died at hands of some rough trade gone wrong, that would feel good.

        If he died because one of these cancer striken plant workers had killed him, that would have felt better

        But no, he died after helping reshape America in his disgusting image, so no, it doesn’t feel like a win because he died on his own terms.

        • Xhieron@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          10 months ago

          Well, if you’re a materialist, he no longer exists in any way, and we can all rejoice for having outlived him.

          And if you’re religious at all, then perhaps there is some cosmic justice for him, and the scales may someday balance.

          Either way he’s dead, and while I can’t bring myself to celebrate the death of any man, there’s no denying the world may well be a better place without him.

    • cannibalkitteh
      6·
      10 months ago

      There’s actually 3 brothers still alive, but 2 are largely uninvolved with Koch Industries.