Robert Peirce, Esq., an attorney from Pittsburgh, and Lumbermens
Mutual Casualty Company, on Aug. 18, 2011, settled an asbestos-
related dispute over payment for his defense against fraud and
racketeering claims of CSX Transportation, The West Virginia
Record reports.
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