The Supreme Court of Vermont issued split ruling in an asbestos- related case styled Robert Stoll v. Burlington Electric Department.
Judges Reiber, Dooley, Skoglund, Burgess, and Toor entered judgment in Case No. 2008-051 on June 19, 2009. Judge Dooley dissented.
Robert Stoll…
Janice Norton, the widow of Roger Norton who died from mesothelioma, is suing his former employer Leicester City Council, for asbestos-related damages of up to GBP300,000, the Leicester Mercury reports.
Mr. Norton was 67 years old when he died in October…
The recent Southern California wildfires prompted several concerns over citizen safety from asbestos, which may still appear in many homes built before 1980, Asbestos.com reports.
Contained on Sept. 3, 2009, these wildfires destroyed more than 140,000 acres of the Los Angeles…
PDG Environmental, Inc. had a reduction of US$11.6 million for asbestos abatement projects during the six months ended July 31, 2009, as compared to the same period last year, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and…
An inquest heard that the death of Raymond Parish, a 72-year-old former dockyard worker from Portsmouth, England, was linked to exposure to asbestos, The News reports.
Like hundreds of others, Mr. Parish’s mesothelioma was brought on while he worked at Portsmouth…
The 66-year-old Joseph L. Vasapollo Jr. pleaded not guilty to asbestos-related extortion and bribery charges filed against him, The Boston Globe reports.
On Sept. 11, 2009, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Mr. Vasapollo, the superintendent of Brockton, Mass.’s Building Department,…
The trial in an asbestos case against 53-year-old Michael Phillips, of Shiocton, Wis., is scheduled to begin on Nov. 30, 2009 before U.S. District Judge William Griesbach, The Post- Crescent reports.
Mr. Phillips, who is free on his own recognizance pending…
Robert Bodin, on Sept. 2, 2009, filed an asbestos lawsuit against 17 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
The case is styled Robert Bodin vs. A.O. Smith Corp. et al.
Mr. Bodin, a bricklayer,…
The Workplace Health and Safety’s investigation found that incorrect procedures were used in the removal of asbestos from Caningeraba School in Queensland, Australia, ABC News reports.
Queensland’s Public Works Minister Robert Schwarten called for the investigation over concerns about the removal…
The U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, upheld the ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, which dismissed an asbestos-related declaratory judgment action involving Exxon Mobil Corporation and Turner Industries Group LLC.
The case is styled…