An out-of-court settlement agreement, concerning an undisclosed six-figure sum, was reached in the asbestos lawsuit filed on behalf of Great Wyrley, England-based bricklayer, Colin Allen, the Cayman Mama reports.
Mr. Allen died in 2004 of mesothelioma, three months after he was…
The law firm of Thompsons Solicitors, which represented former shipyard workers from Barrow-in-Furness, England, welcomed new research which reconfirmed all commercial asbestos fibers causes lung cancer and mesothelioma, the North-West Evening Mail reports.
The report from the International Agency for Research…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims affirmed the ruling of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals, which denied service entitlement for the cause of the death of Pauline P. Badgett’s husband, Kenneth R. Badgett.
The case is styled Pauline P.…
In a Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) lawsuit filed on April 21, 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is improperly withholding a report on whether its cleanup in Libby, Mont., is adequate to protect the residents of that community,…
Prosecutors in an asbestos and environmental lawsuit against W.R. Grace & Co. and certain of its former executives called their final witness on April 20, 2009, the Associated Press reports.
However, they will not rest their case until a federal judge…
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, entered decisions in the case styled In re Chateaugay Corporation, Reomar, Inc. The LTV Corporation, et al. Debtors.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Burton J. Lifland entered judgment in Case Nos. 86 B 11270(BRL)…
The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) is calling for the removal of asbestos from schools in the United Kingdom to prevent the risk of cancer to pupils and teachers, BBC News reports.
Health and Safety Executive figures…
Trial in the asbestos suit filed by Woodrow McBride and continued by his widow, Betty McBride, commenced on April 20, 2009 with the selection of the jury, the News Herald reports.
The trial is expected to last two weeks.
Mr. McBride, of…
An investigative unit of the Korea Food and Drug Administration arrested Hong Suk-kwan, the president of Duksan Pure Chemicals Company, on charges that he sold asbestos-tainted talc, the Joong Ang Daily reports.
On April 21, 2009, the KFDA claimed Mr. Hong…
The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Texarkana Division, issued a memorandum adopting the recommendation of the U.S. Magistrate Judge to dismiss the claims, including asbestos exposure claims, filed by Jed Stewart Lineberry.
The case is styled Jed Stewart Lineberry…