A Trust Fund Victims Can't Trust
Phyllis Anne Langford Tant’s story
Chester, South Carolina. Phyllis died on October 18, 2005 of mesothelioma, a terminal cancer caused only by asbestos. She was less than two months away from her 60th birthday.
Phyllis was a loving wife and mother of four. She was in good health and active prior to her diagnosis.
Phyllis retired after teaching in the South Carolina Public Schools for thirty years. She taught four Advanced Placement History and American Government classes and was the head of the Debate and Beta Club.
Phyllis was exposed to asbestos both from washing her husband’s asbestos-contaminated work clothes and during an asbestos abatement project in the South Carolina Public Schools.
Teachers are among the most common victims of mesothelioma.
How would the asbestos bailout bill hurt Phyllis’s family?
The Tant family has not yet filed its case. The proposed asbestos bill would prohibit the Tants’ case and they would be forced to begin the claims process again under the new asbestos trust fund.
