Lord Justice Moses of London’s civil appeal court, on Sept. 22, 2009, heard that Dianne Willmore’s test asbestos case may open the floodgates to thousands of compensation claims for asbestos- related cancers, The Mirror reports.
The warning comes amid fears that…
Council members in Sioux City, Iowa, raised concerns over a local vacant apartment building, which is known to contain asbestos, Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center reports.
City council members have been asked to approve a contract to demolish the building. The…
A federal grand jury, on Sept. 17, 2009, indicted Calvin Burks, the owner of J & C Environmental Services Inc., for making fictitious asbestos inspection reports on St. Louis buildings set to be demolished, the St. Louis Business Journal reports.
On…
The Council in Lambeth, London, England, launched an action plan to protect tenants and leaseholders from the health risks of asbestos in their homes, Your Local Guardian.co.uk reports.
The Council created the plan after residents raised concerns about safety issues surrounding…
A jury in Jefferson County Circuit Court in Jefferson County, Ky., returned a verdict in favor of Ford Motor Company and Garlock Sealing Technologies after a trial in which James Rehm, a former millwright, said he developed mesothelioma from exposure…
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein ruled that Pfizer Inc.’s liability for alleged US$5 billion in claims for asbestos products made by its Quigley unit will be partly decided at Quigley’s bankruptcy trial, Bloomberg reports.
Judge Bernstein, on Sept. 23, 2009, began…
The U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, at Seattle, granted Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company’s motion for summary judgment in an asbestos case involving Weyerhaeuser Company.
U.S. District Judge Athomas S. Zilly entered judgment in Case No. C08-1037Z on Aug. 10,…
Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County, affirmed the ruling of the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, which administratively dismissed an asbestos case filed by Robert and Betty Farnsworth.
The case is styled Robert Farnsworth, et al., Plaintiffs- Appellants…
Officials from New York, the City of Rochester, and construction companies working on the Midtown Plaza project gave a public update on Sept. 18, 2009, ROCnow reports.
The work began early in September 2009 and will continue for several months.
Besides some…
U.S. District Judge Frederick Stamp dismissed an asbestos fraud case filed by CSX Transportation Inc. against Dr. Ray Harron (a Bridgeport, W.Va.-based radiologist), Robert Peirce, Esq., and Louis Raimond, Esq.
The trial was supposed to get underway on Sept. 15, 2009,…