Kansas Court Affirms Verdict But Allows FELA Offsets For Asbestos Trust Recoveries

( January 29, 2026, 11:37 AM EST) -- TOPEKA, Kan. — A widow need not have placed an exact value on her husband’s services to recover for them, and the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) permits a railroad to offset a negligence verdict award by amounts she received from asbestos bankruptcy trusts for his mesothelioma, a Kansas Court of Appeals panel said in reversing the verdict in part and affirming in part....

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