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CHAPTER 191 AN ACT PROHIBITING A WAIVER OF DAMAGES IN ASBESTOS EXPOSURE CASES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 6F the following section:-

Section 6G. No person, firm, corporation or other entity shall require any other person, firm, corporation or entity to execute a release or waiver of damages caused by exposure to asbestos or asbestos related materials. Any such release or waiver shall be void as against public policy.

Approved July 26, 1988.