The South Korean Education Ministry said on Oct. 11, 2011 that asbestos has been found in the playgrounds of eight schools and its level is confirmed to have exceeded the permissible 0.1 percent, The Korea Herald reports.
The ministry’s investigation and…
Jurors convicted Tom Tienda, a landlord from Pueblo, Colo., over asbestos-related demolition violations, The Pueblo Chieftain reports.
It took a jury of three women and nine men less than an hour to convict Mr. Tienda on eight counts he faced, including…
The U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, upheld the ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, which dismissed a complaint filed by Federal-Mogul U.S. Asbestos Personal Injury Trust.
The case is styled Federal-Mogul U.S. Asbestos Personal…
Julie Anne Mossburg, on Sept. 23, 2011, filed an asbestos lawsuit against 23 defendant corporations in St. Clair County Circuit Court, Ill., The Madison/St. Clair Record reports.
Ms. Mossburg is represented by Randy L. Gori, Esq., of Gori, Julian and Associates…
On Oct. 15, 2011, the family of John Carroll, from Knocknaheeny, Cork, Ireland, was awarded EUR190,000 compensation for Mr. Carroll’s asbestos injuries and subsequent death in April 2009 at the age of 61, the Irish Examiner reports.
The case was brought…
Mark Clemens, a 38-year-old former worker of U-Haul in the San Francisco facility, on Oct. 14, 2011, sued his former employer, claiming he was fired for complaining about asbestos, KTVU reports.
The U-Haul facility in the Bayview is one the largest…
The family of Annie Shotton, of South Tyneside, England, is appealing for information about her husband Ernest Shotton’s working life and his contact with asbestos, The Shields Gazette reports.
Mrs. Shotton died at the age of 80 in December 2010 from…
James, Svajgl, Esq., an attorney for an unnamed defendant in Richard A. Krohn’s asbestos contamination case said the company is hoping Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder will dismiss it from the case, the Madison/St. Clair Record reports.
At a hearing…
Tom Velan, president and CEO of Velan Inc., said that “Administration costs increased significantly this quarter as our legal and other costs associated with our on-going asbestos legal proceedings increased from $2.2 million to $2.7 million,” according to a Velan…
The retrial of an asbestos lawsuit filed on behalf of refinery worker, Willis Whisnant Jr., against DuPont De Nemours has been continued for another year, The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Since 2007, the Southeast Texas Record has reported on the asbestos…