The family of Richard Worthley Sr., on July 22, 2009, was
awarded US$3.4 million in compensation, in an asbestos case
filed against Advocate Mines Limited, an asbestos mine in Baie
Verte, Newfoundland Canada, according to a Brayton Purcell, LLP
press…
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