ASBESTOS UPDATE: IPALCO Unit Still Subject to Exposure Lawsuits

IPALCO Enterprises, Inc.’s Indianapolis Power & Light Company is a defendant in 50 pending lawsuits alleging personal injury or wrongful death stemming from exposure to asbestos and asbestos containing products formerly located in IPL power plants.

IPL has been named as…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Cleanup at Emge Meat Packing Site to Cost $350T

SSI Services LLC, on May 31, 2011, estimated that the cost to remove asbestos from the former Emge meat packing plant on West Eighth Street in Indiana will be more than US$350,000, The Herald Online reports.

However, that amount will be…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Duke Energy Indiana Subject to Exposure Actions

Duke Energy Corporation’s Duke Energy Indiana, Inc. subsidiary has been named as a defendant or co-defendant in lawsuits related to asbestos at its electric generating stations, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: IPALCO’s Unit Still Named in Exposure Lawsuits

IPALCO Enterprises, Inc.’s subsidiary, Indianapolis Power & Light Company (IPL), is a defendant in a little less than 50 pending lawsuits alleging personal injury or wrongful death stemming from exposure to asbestos and asbestos containing products formerly located in IPL…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: IDEM Probing Hazard at Jefferson Proving Ground

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is investigating the removal of asbestos from outdoor steam-heat pipes at the former Jefferson Proving Ground, in Madison, Ind., The Republic reports.

IDEM spokeswoman Amy Hartsock says IDEM inspected the site last Nov. 30, 2010…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Fort Wayne Lawsuit v. IDEM on Abatement Ongoing

The city of Fort Wayne, Ind.’s lawsuit against the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), over the State’s interpretation of asbestos abatement rules, is ongoing, the Mesothelioma Resource Center reports.

According to the lawsuit filed in Allen Superior Court, Fort Wayne…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: IPALCO Unit Still Involved in Exposure Lawsuits

IPALCO Enterprises, Inc.’s subsidiary, Indianapolis Power & Light Company (IPL), as of June 30, 2010, is a defendant in a little less than 100 lawsuits alleging personal injury or wrongful death stemming from exposure to asbestos and asbestos containing products…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Ind. Court Affirms Board Ruling in Joiner Claim

The Court of Appeals of Indiana upheld the ruling of the Indiana Worker’s Compensation Board, which denied Gene A. Joiner’s claim for worker’s compensation for medical difficulties he had experienced as a result of exposure to asbestos in the course…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Foster Wheeler’s Bid in Crowder Lawsuit Denied

The U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, Terre Haute Division, denied Foster Wheeler LLC’s motion to strike and dismiss Paragraph 27 of Dennis and Suzanne Crowder’s asbestos- related complaint.

The case is styled Dennis Crowder and Suzanne Crowder, Plaintiffs v.…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: IPALCO Unit Has 104 Pending Actions at Sept. 30

IPALCO Enterprises, Inc.’s subsidiary, Indiana Power & Light Company (IPL), was a defendant in 104 pending asbestos lawsuits as of Sept. 30, 2009, compared with 114 lawsuits as of Dec. 31, 2008.

These lawsuits allege personal injury or wrongful death stemming…

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