Some lawyers see another possible problem with the claims process: it may delay lawsuits.
In the next few weeks, legislation that would delay lawsuits from healthy plaintiffs is expected to be introduced in Congress, with the support of the Asbestos Alliance, a group that includes manufacturers and some plaintiffs' lawyers.
Tamir's relatives, however, have protested that request saying that delaying the lawsuit will cause their legal costs to surgeand exacerbate their emotional pain, according to the Associated Press.
The pipeline is expected to open in 2013 unless delayed by lawsuits or other challenges.
The service, and the station, had been delayed by lawsuits by the town of Montclair over fears of residential displacement and concerns about parking problems.
The effort to build 661 miles of fences blocking vehicles or pedestrians is nearly complete, but with 28 miles left to go, it has been delayed by lawsuits from landowners in Texas.
For Los Alamos, the pace has been further delayed by lawsuits challenging the environmental impact of the disposal and a dispute between the state government, which requires that the contents of every container be itemized, and the Energy Department, which does not agree that detailed inventories are necessary.
Delayed by lawsuits by groups alleging conflicts of interest and inadequate state oversight, CIRM will probably award its first round of grants this fall.
Delayed by lawsuits from animal rights groups, biologists there missed the chance to eradicate it, giving grays an opening to spread into France and Switzerland, and ultimately to devastate red squirrels across much of their range.
Proposed in 1966, the project was significantly delayed by lawsuits from local citizens.
Last Friday, he filed to have Morgan's lawsuit delayed while that case proceeds.
