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Local news HomeNewsLocal News E-mail story Printer-friendly E-mail editor Comments iPod friendly Lawyers question ads touting asbestos bill Kansas Chamber of Commerce says intent is to prevent lawsuits By Dave Ranney (Contact) Thursday, March 30, 2006 advertisement Earlier this week, the Kansas Chamber of Commerce ran full-page ads in several newspapers in the state, including this one, urging readers to call or write their legislators about a bill it says will keep the state from becoming “a hotbed for frivolous asbestos lawsuits.” The lawsuits, according to the ads, hurt business and victims alike.

“We want to make sure that doesn’t happen here,” said the Kansas chamber’s president and chief executive officer S.

Lewis Ebert.

But Lawrence lawyers Margaret Farley and Jerry Levy questioned the chamber’s motive’s Wednesday.

“I think it a frivolous bill — the ad itself says these cases aren’t a problem in Kansas,” Farley said.

“It sort of begs the question of why they’re trying to fix something that isn’t broken, or why they’re trying to micromanage a lawsuit before it’s even filed.” Levy, a past president of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Assn., said he’s not aware of a single asbestos lawsuit on file in Kansas.

“Frivolous lawsuits?

” Levy said.

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