Alan Clark, of Hartlepool, England, left an emotional plea to the United Kingdom government to help pleural plaques sufferers, The Northern Echo reports.
Mr. Clark was diagnosed with pleural plaques in 2000, and was told he had six months to live…
Select Board members in Springfield, Vt., on Sept. 14, 2009, said they were wary of accepting the North School and its nearby recreational lands out of concern for the asbestos at the school, the Rutland Herald reports.
Larry Kraft, chairman of…
The Court of Appeals of Kentucky reversed the ruling of the Pulaski Circuit Court in an asbestos case styled Paul T. Van Landingham, Appellant v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation; Clay-Ingels Company; and Union Carbide Corporation, Appellees.
Judges Caperton, Thompson, and Wine entered judgment…
The U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi, Western Division, denied the first Motion for Summary Judgment filed by William Guy and Thomas Brock (Guy and Brock) in an asbestos case involving Willie R. Harried.
The case is styled Illinois Central…
Several members of the University of Connecticut’s Fencing club recently discovered asbestos in the Hawley Armory’s basement, Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center reports.
The fencing club uses the Hawley Armory to store equipment.
The Club’s vice president, John Kennedy, uncovered the asbestos…
During the week of Sept. 8, 2009 through Sept. 11, 2009, a total of 27 new asbestos-related lawsuits were filed in Madison County Circuit Court, Ill., The Madison St. Clair Record reports.
These lawsuits are:
– (Case No. 09-L-942) Leslie Arp of…
Salvatore R. DePaola, a construction supervisor from Staten Island, N.Y., faces federal charges for asbestos violations at the State University of New York at New Paltz, SILive.com reports.
The 55-year-old Mr. DePaola was also indicted in December 2008 on manslaughter and…
The Australian Workers’ Union is calling for the creation of a registry of buildings containing asbestos and for a 20-year removal program, AboutMesothelioma.Net reports.
AWU’s national secretary, Paul Howes, called for a new national strategy to identify and remove asbestos…
Craig Wagoner, a Springfield, Mo., developer and owner of Water Street Development LLC, in August 2009, received more than US$127,000 in Brownfield Redevelopment Program credits through the State of Missouri’s Department of Economic Development, Mesothelioma reports.
The Brownfield Redevelopment Program is…
Various groups are urging the South Australian Government to change regulations for asbestos compensation, ABC News reports.
A rally was held at Largs Bay pushing for government action after more than two years of lobbying. Victims’ families, unions and politicians, say…