The U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois, remanded Jesse Diaz’s asbestos lawsuit to the Circuit Court of the Third Judicial Circuit, Madison County, Ill.
The case is styled Jesse Diaz, Plaintiff v. A.W. Chesterton, Inc., et al., Defendants.
District Judge G.…
Mario Sanchez, a Marco Island, Fla., Resident and a Miami-Dade College professor, sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, alleging the EPA did not release information about asbestos found in 2005 on city property as required by the Freedom of Information…
Australasian Technical Services (an asbestos removal company) and Pickles Auctions (an auction house in Canberra, Australia) will be investigated over the removal of asbestos from a Fyshwick warehouse, ABC News reports.
Pickles contracted ATS to remove asbestos from the warehouse’s roof.
However,…
Asbestos will be removed from the Santa Rita Elementary School and 10 other area schools in San Angelo, Tex., Mesothelioma.com reports.
The school will benefit from the San Angelo school district’s US$117 million bond project, passed in November 2008.
Over a 10-month…
Morrison-Clair, Inc., a South Barre, Vt.-based flooring contractor, faces a penalty for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and the National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Asbestos, commonly known as the “Asbestos NESHAP” regulations, according to a…
The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, granted GlaxoSmithKline plc’s motion for reconsideration as to the assessment of court costs filed by Sheila Allgood, Francis P. Powell and Robin P. May, in a case involving asbestos filed on behalf…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims issued split rulings in the case involving asbestos styled Michael P. Schneiderhan, Appellant v. Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Appellee.
Judge Robert N. Davis entered judgment in Case No. No. 07-3111…
The federal asbestos trial against brothers Paul and Steven Mancuso and their father, Lester Mancuso, is expected to begin in U.S. District Court on Oct. 19, 2009, with the selection of the jury, the Observer-Dispatch reports.
Witness testimony is expected to…
The completion date of the Cass Street bridge project in Tampa, Fla., has been pushed back to November 2009, due to the presence of asbestos and corroded steel, Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center reports.
The bridge was shut down for repairs…
The Court of Appeal, Second District, California, affirmed the ruling of the Los Angeles Superior Court, which granted a US$2.66 million asbestos-related judgment in favor of Donna Walmach, Jennifer Orchard, and Julie Pitts.
The case is styled Donna Walmach et al.,…