Chiquita Brands International, Inc. says that, of the MARDOC cases pending in Federal court in Pennsylvania (claims alleging injury or illness from exposure to asbestos), about 2,250 of about 4,000 cases that had been administratively dismissed without prejudice (i.e., with…
Officials of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union said that a crisis meeting stopped work at CITIC Pacific’s AUD5.2 billion Sino iron ore project near Karratha, Western Australia, after asbestos was found on site, WAtoday.com.au reports.
On Sept. 18, 2009, AMWU State…
The family of Gerald C. Taylor Sr., of Nederland, Tex., filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against 57 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court on March 2, 2009, The Southeast Texas Record reports.
On behalf of herself and Florenda Gale Gonzales and…