Proposals would limit asbestos lawsuits in Texas

Charles Kramer's battle with terminal cancer has taken him to the state Capitol.

With oxygen tank in tow, he's there this week to ask lawmakers to carefully consider proposed changes to Texas' legal system involving the asbestos litigation system.

After working in Houston-area chemical and power plants for 22 years, Kramer, 77, has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, a terminal cancer whose only known cause is asbestos.

He lays awake most nights worrying about how his wife and daughter will survive financially on just Social Security and the small pension left after he dies.

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