A woman whose husband died after developing asbestos related cancer following exposure to the deadly substance in his work has won a six figure sum by way of compensation. Mr Rumney, from the UK , worked for BNFL in Sellafield, where it was alleged he was exposed to asbestos, which eventually led to his […]

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A truck driver and laborer has filed a lawsuit against eight nine defendants in Madison County Circuit Court, after claiming to have been exposed to deadly asbestos over a career than spanned nearly half a century.
William Kirk of Ohio filed his complaint on 11 th August, and claims that he became aware that he […]

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According to a recent report an elementary school in East Hampton is still set to open on schedule in September, despite rumours that this might not happen due to asbestos work that had been carried out. Confirmation of the school’s reopening has come from the area’s superintendent of schools.
Raymond Gualtieri, East Hampton ’s superintendent […]

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At a recent inquest a coroner has confirmed that a man from St Albans died as a result of exposure to asbestos, having suffered this exposure when he was at work. The man was a retired heating and plumbing engineer, and at the inquest the coroner explained that he had been exposed to brown […]

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According to Australian reports the budged that was approved for a community project has gone out of the window after the discovery of asbestos, which added nearly one million extra dollars to the budget. The asbestos was discovered by Sutherland Shire County Council employees near the Engadine Community Hall. Asbestos is a known carcinogenic, […]

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The family of a UK woman that died from the asbestos related cancer, mesothelioma, has been awarded a five figure sum by way of compensation, according to a recent report. The woman died in 2005 from the cancer, having worked at County Luxdon Laundry Limited between 1975 and 1995.
The victim, Margaret Dobson, had only […]

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An Iranian-American engineer has received as multi million dollar compensation award from a Los Angeles jury in relation to an asbestos claim. Amanollah Shahabi has been awarded nearly fifteen million dollars by the jury after it was found that he had been exposed to deadly asbestos, which led to him developing the asbestos related […]

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Asbestos campaigners are urgings the government in New South Wales to clean up a white asbestos mine in Barraba, which lies abandoned. Officials from the Asbestos Diseases Foundation have said that the mine poses health dangers and hazards, and is asking the government to take urgent action to get it cleaned up.
Left abandoned since […]

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A truck driver and labourer has filed a lawsuit against 89 defendants in Madison County Circuit Court, after claiming to have been exposed to deadly asbestos over a career than spanned nearly half a century.
William Kirk of Ohio filed his complaint on 11 th August, and claims that he became aware that he had […]

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According to a recent report an elementary school in East Hampton is still set to open on schedule in September, despite rumours that this might not happen due to asbestos work that had been carried out. Confirmation of the school’s reopening has come from the area’s superintendent of schools.
Raymond Gualtieri, East Hampton ’s superintendent […]

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A woman whose husband died after developing asbestos related cancer following exposure to the deadly substance in his work has won a six figure sum by way of compensation. Mr Rumney, from the UK , worked for BNFL in Sellafield, where it was alleged he was exposed to asbestos, which eventually led to his […]

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A Cincinnati Foundry may be fined nearly one hundred and twenty nine thousand dollars by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration after it was found guilty of violating health and safety measures on a number of counts, including health and safety relating to asbestos exposure. Asbestos is a known carcinogenic, and can cause a […]

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At a recent inquest a coroner has confirmed that a man from St Albans died as a result of exposure to asbestos, having suffered this exposure when he was at work. The man was a retired heating and plumbing engineer, and at the inquest the coroner explained that he had been exposed to brown […]

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A company from Painesville , Illinois , has been fined twenty five thousand dollars by the Environmental Protection Agency over asbestos related breaches, according to a recent report. The company is said to have violated air pollution laws during a project that was carried out last year in March 2007.
The report claims that the […]

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The family of a UK woman that died from the asbestos related cancer, mesothelioma, has been awarded a five figure sum by way of compensation, according to a recent report. The woman died in 2005 from the cancer, having worked at County Luxdon Laundry Limited between 1975 and 1995.
The victim, Margaret Dobson, had only […]

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Residents in Carlisle in the UK have urged housing and council officials to advise residents who have purchased ex-council properties if they have asbestos in their homes. Many of the council properties, built well before the 1980s, contain asbestos, and whilst Carlisle Association removed asbestos from its rented properties last year, those that have […]

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A roofer has decided to spend his final days at home and die surrounded by his family and friends, after winning one hundred and sixty thousand GBP (around three hundred and twenty thousand dollars) compensation. Fifty nine year old Jim Kingshott suffers from mesothelioma, which is an asbestos related cancer.
The man was taken home earlier […]

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An academy in the Albany School District has had to be closed for the forthcoming school year as a result of asbestos problems. According to reports student from the Thomas O’Brien Academy of Science and Technology will have to be relocated to other schools in the area after a massive problems with asbestos was […]

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A man from the UK who worked at an underground site used by the Ministry of Defence for the storage of weapons and as a bunker died from asbestos related cancer as a result of being exposed to asbestos at the site, according to a recent report. Maurice Bilby died last year, aged eighty […]

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Earlier this week workers at the AV Nackawic Mill in New Brunswick found themselves exposed to a potentially deadly substance known as asbestos. The incident occurred after some side walling was punctured – it turned out that the walling contained asbestos, and due to the risk of health problems around one hundred workers had […]

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An asbestos lawsuit has been filed naming forty four companies as defendants. The lawsuit was filed by Marilyn Waugh, the benefactor of Albert Waugh, a former refinery worker who has now passed away. The lawsuit claims that the companies named caused his death maliciously, as he was exposed to huge levels of asbestos during […]

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Another asbestos lawsuit has been filed in Madison County by the estate of a man who contracted the asbestos related cancer, mesothelioma, and died some years ago. Bernard Lichtenstien was diagnosed with the cancer in 1998, and he died in 199. The lawsuit seeks one hundred thousand dollars plus costs.
According to reports the man […]

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The family of a UK man who died from asbestos related illness has received compensation amounting to one hundred and forty thousand GBP (around two hundred and eighty thousand dollars). Jim Crowe, from Wood Green, worked as a clerk for Haringey Council, and died last year at the age of seventy nine.
Mr Crowe was […]

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Asbestos and Mesothelioma are foreign terms for many people but unfortunately asbestos exposure is a prevalent as ever. It’s not hard to see, as a quick “Google News” search will bring up hundreds of results, many of which are recent, in which asbestos negligence is abundant.
Government regulations help but are not assisting in public awareness […]

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An asbestos contaminated ship that has spent some years looking for a final resting place where it can be dismantled is to end up in Britain , where it will be dismantled by Able UK , a specialist company. The French aircraft carrier Clemenceau even made its way as far as India but dismantling […]

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The discovery of asbestos at a site of the London 2012 Olympic Stadium has resulted in construction work on the stadium being halted on a temporary basis. Officials stated that work was stopped on one part of the site after the potentially deadly substance was discovered in order to try and protect the workers.
Exposure […]

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In a recent ruling a coroner has concluded that a former shipyard worker passed away as a result of ill health stemming from industrial exposure to asbestos during the course of his work. The son of the seventy five year old man, Alan Smith, said that his father had never smoked and only became […]

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According to a recent report a new bill could open the way for sufferers of pleural plaques to get compensation in Scotland . The Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill is set to reveal details of the new bill in the near future. However, it could spark problems with insurance firms, as it could overturn a […]

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A UK watchdog has ordered the temporary closure of a council building after potentially deadly asbestos was found there. The council building is located in Walthamstow in the UK , and was the workstation for a team of council workers as well as a storage facility for council related paperwork. Recent refurbishment at the […]

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An appeal lodged by WR Grace in relation to asbestos related criminal charges has been rejected by the Supreme Court. The appeal was rejected last week, and related to a case where criminal charges had been brought against the firm over the release of asbestos from a mine in Libby , Montana .
WR Grace […]

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