The Council of the City of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia, said the Nightcliff foreshore has been closed to the public on Dec. 11, 2009 while asbestos is removed from the beach, ABC News reports.
Six men in full-body…
An inquest heard that the death of 75-year-old Alex Tiller, a former lagger and riveter from North End, Portsmouth, England, was linked to workplace exposure to asbestos, The Portsmouth News reports.
Mr. Tiller had spent his career in Portsmouth. He regularly…
Joseph L. Washington, the former president and chief of the Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District who pleaded guilty for asbestos cleanup violations, will be sentenced on March 18, 2010 in front of U.S. District Judge Charles Shaw, the St.…
The U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, granted Edward F. and Margaret Carey’s Motion to Remand an asbestos lawsuit filed against Viad Corp. and various other defendants.
The case is styled Edward F. Carey and Margaret Carey, Plaintiffs v. Viad Corp.…
The U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, granted Frederick and Mary Louise Seitz’s Motions to Remand, in asbestos actions filed against Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. and Northrop Grumman.
The case is styled In re Asbestos Litigation: Frederick Seitz and Mary Louise…
The trial of two former Eternit executives, 62-year-old Stephan Schmidheiny and 88-year-old baron Louis de Cartier de Marchienne, who were accused of negligence in 2,200 asbestos-related deaths is ongoing, UPI.com reports.
Trial began on Dec. 10, 2009 in Turin, Italy.
Mr. Stephan,…
Jack R. Coiner, a businessman from Amarillo, Tex., on Dec. 15, 2009, pleaded guilty to a federal charge of negligently releasing asbestos into the air, Amarillo.com reports.
Mr. Coiner faces up to a year in prison and a US$100,000 fine.
According to…
A Dec. 16, 2009 inquest, at the Hatfield Coroners’ Court, heard that the death of Thomas Price, an 84-year-old resident of South Oxhey, Watford, England, was related to workplace exposure to asbestos, the Watford Observer reports.
Mr. Price’s exposure to asbestos…
Residents of a community in Fort Myers, Fla., Whiskey Creek, seek answers following the discovery of asbestos in concrete pipes at the Summerlin Road project, WINK News reports.
A Dec. 15, 2009 meeting was scheduled to address the situation. About 50…
A rehabilitation project at Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical School in Bethlehem, Pa., exposed about 100 students to asbestos and some parents were furious when they found out, The Express- Times reports.
The students spent two months rehabbing the inside of a home…