Environmental/Pollution Control/Waste Management

Jack Atkins on Aug. 9, 2010, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against 20 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.

Mr. Atkins claims he developed an asbestos-related disease different from the other non-malignant asbestos-related disease for…

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality proposes to approve a plan to cap soil contaminated with asbestos at the Sunriver Owners Association Amphitheater Site, according to an Ore. DEQ press release dated Aug. 10, 2010.

DEQ has determined that this action…

A High Court judge awarded St. Joseph’s Hospice in Hackney, east London, more than GBP10,000, plus interest, against a Company held liable over the death of one of its patients from mesothelioma, The Press Association reports.

James Wilson, who lived in…

The Coca-Cola Company is still disputing former subsidiary Aqua- Chem, Inc.’s (n/k/a Cleaver-Brooks, Inc.) claims over Aqua-Chem’s demands for about US$10 million for out-of-pocket asbestos litigation-related expenses.

During the period from 1970 to 1981, the Company owned Aqua-Chem. A division of…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s representatives, a July 14, 2010 meeting, discussed with the Community Advisory Group regarding data from the first stage of the remedial investigation at the BoRit asbestos site, Montgomery Media reports.

The site, located in Ambler Borough,…

The U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, San Francisco Division, granted Homer Moore’s motion to remand an asbestos lawsuit filed against various defendants, including Metalclad Insulation Corporation.

The case is styled Homer Moore, Plaintiff v. Asbestos Defendants (B*P), et al,…

A couple from Port Arthur, Tex., Floyd D. Gladden Jr. and Rebecca E. Gladden, on May 3, 2010, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against 30 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.

Manufacturing and equipment defendants…

The Coca-Cola Company continues to dispute former subsidiary Aqua-Chem, Inc.’s (n/k/a Cleaver-Brooks, Inc.) claims over Aqua- Chem’s demands for about US$10 million for out-of-pocket asbestos litigation-related expenses.

During the period from 1970 to 1981, the Company owned Aqua-Chem. A division of…

From time to time, FutureFuel Corp. may be party to, or targets of, lawsuits, claims, investigations and proceedings, including product liability, personal injury, asbestos, patent and intellectual property, which the Company expects to be handled and defended in the ordinary…

Madison, Ill.-based RMT Inc. and Detroit-based Homrich Inc. have settled with the State of Wisconsin over charges of breaching asbestos removal rules when demolishing the old Aldrich Chemical building in downtown Milwaukee, as part of the Marquette Interchange reconstruction, The…