ASBESTOS LITIGATION: Abatement at Bridgeview Elementary Ongoing

The removal of asbestos at Bridgeview Elementary School in South Charleston, W.Va., is ongoing, wvgazette.com reports.

Contractors who removed asbestos from the school on June 22, 2009 worked on one of the school system’s many summertime asbestos-abatement projects, according to county…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: Ariz. Schools Fined $35.7T for AHERA Breach

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fined five Arizona charter school operators a combined total of US$35,700 for Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) violations, according to an EPA press release dated May 4, 2009.

In April 2007, EPA inspectors discovered the…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: Philips’ THAN Unit Facing Exposure Lawsuits

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. faces actions in the United States, relating primarily to the activities of its U.S. subsidiary TH Agriculture & Nutrition L.L.C. (THAN) prior to 1981, involving allegations of personal injury from alleged asbestos exposure.

The claims generally relate…

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