KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An $80 million settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit over removal of asbestos during renovation of the Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City.
The Kansas City Star reports (http://bit.ly/2eRLbwt ) $25 million will go toward attorney’s fees and the cost of the litigation. The rest of the money will go to a medical monitoring fund to cover the costs of diagnostic tests for people exposed to the asbestos 30 years ...