Submitting Actual Damages in a Gross Negligence Employer Liability Case Under the Workers' Compensation Act: Are Actual Damages Allowed or Required?

About the Author photo-1Born in Youngstown, Ohio, January 25, 1975, Sherry L. Talton earned her Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern State University in 1997. She her earned Juris Doctor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law in 2001.; admitted to bar, 2001, Texas. While in law school, she was Associate Editor of The Review of Litigation. She is a member of Woman's Caucus, the State Bar of Texas, Texas Trial Lawyers and Dallas Trial Lawyers Association.

Since its inception in the mid-1960s, asbestos litigation has been marked by a rapid escalation in filings and …