Feds join fight to reopen asbestos clinic in Libby
The Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby. (Scott Shindledecker/The Western News)
Center for Asbestos Related Disease officials, aided by the federal government, are fighting back against railroad giant BNSF Railway’s effort to seize its assets and shutter operations.
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office on May 7 served a writ of execution on the Center for Asbestos Related Disease, Inc. for $3.1 million to satisfy a judgment against the organization. The judgment stems from a lawsuit won in 2023 by Texas-based BNSF, owned by billionaire Warren Buffett, that accused the clinic of filing hundreds of fraudulent claims over several years.
The railway brought the lawsuit on behalf of the United States government, which provides specialized Medicare services to victims of the asbestos plague.
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