During the week of Jan. 12, 2009 through Jan. 16, 2009, a total of seven new asbestos lawsuits were filed in Madison County Circuit Court, The Madison St. Clair Record reports.
These claims are:
— In Case No. 09-L-0035, Efren Carbonell of…
H.B. Fuller Company, during the year ended Nov. 29, 2008, settled five asbestos-related lawsuits for US$808,000, in which the Company’s insurers have paid or are expected to pay US$599,000 of that amount, according to the Company’s annual report filed with…
Asbestos has been removed from the abandoned Uniting Church building, which is located in the aboriginal community of Pukatja, South Australia, ABC News reports.
Jonathan Nicholls from UnitingCare Wesley says the asbestos has worried the community because of the health risks.…
Corning Incorporated recorded a net credit of US$28 million in the three months ended Dec. 31, 2008 (US$340 million in the year ended Dec. 31, 2008) to adjust the asbestos liability for the change in value of certain components of…
Asbestos was discovered at the First Presbyterian Church in La Feria, Tex., KRGV.com reports.
The church, which is more than 75 years old, is no longer open for service.
Fey Jacobsen says she cannot bear the thought of tearing the building down.…
The number of pending asbestos-related lawsuits and claims pending against Owens-Illinois, Inc. declined more than 20 percent to about 11,000 as of Dec. 31, 2008, compared with about 14,000 pending as of year-end 2007, according to a Company press release…
Tidewater Inc. continues to be involved in various legal proceedings that relate to asbestos and other environmental matters.
No further asbestos-related matters were disclosed in the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Jan. 28, 2009.
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A classroom at Norwood Primary School, in Gunthorpe, England, was reopened after emergency repairs were carried out, the Evening Telegraph reports.
The classroom was closed off week after a hole was found in the ceiling, exposing insulation boards which contained asbestos,…
An inquest heard that the death of a former submarine worker, 83-year-old Nicholas Harvey, was linked to exposure to asbestos, The News reports.
Mr. Harvey, of Drayton, Portsmouth, England, served in submarines during the Second World War. He died on his…
The selection process of jurors to hear the Libby, Mont., asbestos criminal trial against W. R. Grace & Co. is ongoing, Montana’s News Station reports.
The three-month hearing is set to start in February 2009.
Grace and several other defendants are facing…