Marks and Spencer plc has been fined GBP1 million for putting members of the public, staff and construction workers at risk of exposure to asbestos-containing materials during the refurbishment of two stores in Reading and Bournemouth, according to a Health…
Marks and Spencer plc and two of its contractors have been convicted for putting members of the public, staff and construction workers at risk of exposure to asbestos-containing materials during the refurbishment of two stores, according to a Health and…
J. C. Penney Company, Inc., as of April 30, 2011, estimated its total potential asbestos and environmental liabilities to range from US$35 million to US$42 million and recorded its best estimate of US$36 million in other liabilities in the Consolidated…
An inquest held last Aug. 19, 2010 heard that the death of Sheila Sawyer, a care home manager from Potters Bar, England, was linked to workplace exposure to asbestos, the Times reports.
Hertfordshire coroner Edward Thomas told the court how Mrs.…
J. C. Penney Company, Inc., as of May 1, 2010, estimated its total potential asbestos and environmental liabilities to range from US$49 million to US$60 million and recorded its best estimate of US$50 million in other liabilities in the Consolidated…
J. C. Penney Company, Inc., as of Oct. 31, 2009, estimated its total potential asbestos and environmental liabilities to range from US$41 million to US$52 million and recorded its best estimate of US$43 million in other liabilities in the Consolidated…
J. C. Penney Company, Inc., as of Aug. 1, 2009, estimated its total potential asbestos and environmental liabilities to range from US$41 million to US$52 million and recorded its best estimate of US$45 million in other liabilities in the Consolidated…
J. C. Penney Company, Inc.’s estimates that its asbestos and environmental liabilities amounted to US$39 million as of Jan. 31, 2009, according to the Company’s annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2009.
As of Jan.…
Randy Gori, Esq., and Barry Julian, Esq., of Alton, Ill., on April 2, 2009, filed an asbestos lawsuit against more than 200 businesses and state universities on behalf of Charles Childress, a Kentucky bricklayer, The Madison St. Clair Record reports.
The…
Asbestos was discovered at the former Marks and Spencer store in the town center of Wrexham, Wales, the Evening Leader reports.
A Marks and Spencer spokesman stressed that the asbestos was sealed in and therefore presented no health risk.
The spokesman said,…