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Michael Sainato

Families condemn Koch brothers over ploy to avoid asbestos compensation

Charles Koch, the chief executive of Koch Industries, in this 2019 photo.
Charles Koch, the chief executive of Koch Industries, in this 2019 photo. Photograph: David Zalubowski/AP

Asbestos victims, their families and attorneys are claiming a Koch Industries-owned company and its lawyers are using a controversial bankruptcy maneuver to avoid paying millions in compensation to its former employees.

Workers at Georgia-Pacific, a paper and building products company, have been locked in a years-long battle with a company over claims asbestos in its products caused fatal cancers.

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