Thomas Wells — had argued that the railroad knew the asbestos-tainted vermiculite was dangerous but failed to act.
BNSF Railway contributed to 2 deaths in Libby, Montana where asbestos sickened thousands, jury finds
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Wells said in the 2020 deposition that he believed he was sickened while working for the U.S. Forest Service in the Libby area for about six months each in 1976-78 and again in 1981.
Asbestos victim's last words aired in wrongful death case against Warren Buffet's railroad
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