The U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, issued split rulings in a case involving asbestos styled AstenJohnson, Inc., Appellant v. Columbia Casualty Company; American Insurance Company.
Circuit Court Judges Dolores K. Sloviter, Walter K. Stapleton, and Wallace Tashima entered judgment in…
U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno, who in February 2009, ordered three radiologists (Jay Segarra, Laminaraya Rao, and Richard Bernstein) to produce all information about their X- rays, declared the matter moot on May 29, 2009, The Madison St. Clair Record…
The Wall Street Journal, on June 14, 2009, reported that Vedanta Resources PLC will increase the note portion of its offer to take Asarco LLC out of bankruptcy, Reuters reports.
The Journal reported that Sterlite Industries, a Vedanta subsidiary, will increase…
Judge Mary Johnston of the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, New Castle County, issued a US$10,000 fine to Scranton, Pa.-based United Gilsonite Laboratories, wasted the court’s time by acting in bad faith at mediation in an asbestos lawsuit,…
The Citizens Advisory Group seeks more communication with the Environmental Protection Agency, as assessment of the BoRit asbestos area in Ambler, Upper Dublin and Whitpain moves forward, according to The Reporter.
The BoRit site, which was used to dispose of asbestos-containing…
Officials at State University of New York (SUNY) Medical Upstate University in Syracuse, N.Y., said that they delayed mowing the lawn at the Kennedy Square housing complex due to fears about asbestos, Mesothelioma.com reports.
The grass at the housing complex was…
Casella Waste Systems, Inc.’s Pine Tree landfill in Hampden, Maine, will accept waste (including non-friable asbestos) until Dec. 31, 2009.
Pine Tree is a secure, special waste landfill, permitted to accept construction and demolition debris, ash from municipal solid waste incinerators…
The Supreme Court of Illinois reversed the judgments of appellate and circuit courts and remanded the matter to the circuit court for a new trial in the asbestos case styled Sally Nolan, as Executrix of the Estate of Clarence Nolan,…
John Chick, on May 21, 2009, who was incarcerated in federal prison for asbestos-related charges, was released due to good behavior, The Post-Standard reports.
The 67-year-old Mr. Chick was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for his role in a…
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania vacated a ruling of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County Civil, which granted summary judgment in favor of A.W. Chesterton Inc., U.S. Supply Company, and Duro-Dyne Corporation, and dismissed Herbert L. Daley and…