Tens of thousands of legal claims are still filed every year over health problems as the result of asbestos exposure.  The asbestos trust funds that were established to pay off claims do so as a matter of course, removing many of these claims from courtroom jurisdiction.  However lawsuits are still employed to extract compensation: some suits are for individual plaintiffs and some are class actions suits. 

Asbestos attorneys make a determination of what sort of filing is necessary and in which court or with which trust fund based on the facts of each client’s asbestos exposure and resultant (or likely) health problems.  Certain sets of situations will find sympathy with certain courts at both the state and federal level.  Asbestos attorneys today design a claim for asbestos compensation based on thirty years of court history and rulings on claim validity.

Asbestos torts are the biggest body of civil liability cases in the history of the country. 
The rules of viability and evidence requirements established in thirty five years of rulings have caused many asbestos attorneys to file for compensation with more than one trust fund; or to file suit against multiple corporate defendants.  Such is the legal landscape for asbestos compensation cases today; it is an area that can only be successfully navigated by an experienced asbestos attorney.