§ 25-21,285 Cumulative successor asbestos-related liabilities of successor corporation; limitations; applicability

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25-21,285. Cumulative successor asbestos-related liabilities of successor corporation; limitations; applicability

    (1) The limitations in section 25-21,286 shall apply to any successor corporation.

    (2) The limitations in section 25-21,286 shall not apply to:

        (a) Workers' compensation benefits paid by or on behalf of an employer to an employee under the Nebraska Workers'
Compensation Act or a comparable workers' compensation law of another jurisdiction;

        (b) Any claim against a successor corporation that does not constitute a successor asbestos-related liability;

        (c) Any obligation under the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. 151, et seq., as amended, or under any collective-bargaining agreement; or

        (d) A successor corporation that, after a merger or consolidation, continued in the business of mining asbestos or in the business of selling or distributing asbestos fibers or in the business of manufacturing, distributing, removing, or installing asbestos-containing products which were the same or substantially the same as those products previously manufactured, distributed, removed, or installed by the transferor.