A US$200,000 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant is being used to continue asbestos mitigation at the North Brookfield Downtown Development Brownfield site in North Brookfield, Mass., the Telegram & Gazette reports.
Town and state officials, Police Chief Aram Thomasian and environmental…
Cleanup at the old West Elementary School building in Youngstown, Ohio, could cost up to US$1 million, Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center reports.
All asbestos removed from the building will need to be specially disposed of in designated landfills as part…
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania upheld the ruling of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, which granted summary judgment in favor of Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. and DAP, Inc., in an asbestos lawsuit filed by Robert…
Park-Ohio Holdings Corp., at Dec. 31, 2008, was a co-defendant in 315 cases asserting claims on behalf of about 4,500 plaintiffs alleging personal injury as a result of exposure to asbestos.
These asbestos cases generally relate to production and sale of…
The Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center said that it expects that Grupo Mexico S.A.B. de C.V. will appeal an asbestos- and environmental-related ruling in favor of its subsidiary ASARCO LLC.
Asarco, an Arizona-based mining and smelting company, filed for bankruptcy in…
RPM International Inc.’s long-term asbestos-related liabilities were US$442,549,000 as of Feb. 28, 2009, compared with US$494,745,000 as of May 31, 2008, according to the Company’s latest quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2009.
The Company’s…
CSX Transportation Inc., on April 6, 2009, asked U.S. District Judge Frederick Stamp for partial summary judgment against Robert Gilkison and the firm of Peirce, Raimond and Coulter, The West Virginia Record reports.
CSX pleaded in federal court that it has…
Sears Holdings Corporation is still subject to legal proceedings, which include asbestos exposure allegations.
These claims may seek compensatory, punitive or treble damage claims (potentially in large amounts) or as well as other types of relief.
No other asbestos-related matters were disclosed…
A tennis ball struck the ceiling of the gymnasium of Redmond High School in Redmond, Ore., exposing asbestos, Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center reports.
Officials sealed off the gymnasium on April 3, 3009. The asbestos rained from the ceiling when the…
Global Energy Holdings Group, Inc. says that the asbestos within its facility in Spring Hope, N.C., has been contained as long as there is no further disturbance of the structures, according to the Company’s annual report filed with the Securities…