Fear of Cancer Entitles Workers to Damages, Supreme Court Rules

Quoting precedent that likened the vulnerability of workers exposed to cancer-causing substances to the "sword of Damocles," the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld damages of almost $5 million to former railroad workers who were exposed to asbestos.Writing for the majority opinion in the 5-4 vote, which was not divided along traditional ideological lines, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the workers, who had been employed by Norfolk & Western Railway Co., were entitled to mental anguish dam