A former tradesman from the UK has expressed concern that not enough people are aware of the dangers of asbestos exposure. The sixty five year old man, Tom King, was diagnosed with the asbestos related cancer, mesothelioma, two years ago. However, although he is still alive he is unable to perform many day to day […]

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A man from the UK who has been diagnosed with the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma is appealing for people to come forward and help him to claim compensation to support his family once he has gone. Sixty eight year old grandfather, William Armitage, is having problems making a claim because the insurance company in question […]

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A couple from Texas have filed an asbestos related lawsuit against sixty five defendant companies in Jefferson County District Court. The lawsuit, filed by Rodney and Beatrice LeJeune, claims that Rodney was wrongfully inflicted with the asbestos related cancer, mesothelioma.
Rodney is said to have worked as a truck driver and general labourer according to the […]

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An asbestos campaign that has been launched by the UK’s Health and Safety Executive is being launched by Scottish minister Jim Murphy. Mr Murphy stated that he was shocked to hear that asbestos related deaths in the UK were rising year on year.
Official figures show that there are now around four thousand deaths a year […]

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According to a recent report students from the Boulder’s Mesa Elementary School were sent home early this week after a ceiling tile fell to the floor. Officials from the school district said that the tile may have resulted in the release of asbestos into the air. Although there was no evidence of this school officials […]

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A company that was found to have breached asbestos related regulations has been fined. The fine was imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency in Johnston, Rhode Island. The company that has been fined is the Bilray Demolition Company. The firm has been fined over two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in total. This comes after […]

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An electrician has filed an asbestos related lawsuit against thirteen defendant companies, claiming that he has been diagnosed with the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma, and that this cancer was wrongfully caused because of negligence on the part of the defendant companies.
Bruno Dobler was diagnosed with the asbestos related cancer in October of last year according […]

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A construction union in the UK has called for the housing manager at a housing association to be sacked following a programme on television. In the programme the housing manager was seen refusing to provide masks to workers while they were drilling asbestos, according to the report. Union officials are outraged and are calling for […]

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A man from Washington has filed a lawsuit in Madison County Circuit Court this week after he was diagnosed with the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma. The plaintiff, James Regal, claims that the deadly cancer was wrongfully caused, and he has named sixty eight defendants in the lawsuit.
According to the plaintiff he worked for the US […]

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The A list Hollywood celebrity Tom Cruise has been warned that he should seek medical advice and assistance after reports that he may have been exposed to the deadly substance asbestos while aboard a cruise ship called Freewinds.
It is thought that the actor may have come into contact with the deadly substance while on the […]

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A widow in the UK has started up a support group in order to try and help and assist victims of asbestos related diseases and their families. Gill Willcocks, from Crewe, lost her husband Dave to the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma last year.
The group will be called the Dave Willcocks Asbestos Victim Support Group. She […]

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According to a recent report there will no longer be free asbestos testing for people in Libby. A free testing program has been in place since 2003, with residents receiving health tests. This is because of the contamination that was caused by the nearby vermiculite mine belonging to WR Grace.
The funding for the program so […]

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A couple has filed an asbestos lawsuit in Madison County Circuit Court, claiming that the man has contracted an asbestos related disease. The lawsuit names one hundred and nineteen companies as defendants.
James and Marilyn Gray have claimed in their lawsuit that the asbestos related cancer with which James has been diagnosed has been wrongfully caused. […]

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Approximately eight years ago environmental officials had to test and clean up the land around two hundred and fifty houses located near to the Western Mineral Product Plant on Madison Street, Minneapolis. This was because the plant had apparently let some people use leftover products for their landscaping needs.
However, it turned out that the products […]

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A man who developed the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma has filed a lawsuit against fifty three defendant companies, accusing them of conspiring to conceal information relating to the dangers of asbestos and exposure to asbestos dust and fibers.
Harvey Williams claims that since he was diagnosed with the cancer he has suffered physical pain, mental anguish, […]

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The children of a man who died from the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma have filed a lawsuit claiming that their father’s death was wrongfully caused as a result of exposure to asbestos dust and fibers. The lawsuit has been filed against his former employer, Exxon Mobil, which the man’s children state is responsible for the […]

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A woman and her husband have filed an asbestos related lawsuit in Madison County Circuit Court after she was diagnosed with the deadly asbestos related cancer mesothelioma. Maggie L Wallace was diagnosed with the disease, which comes from exposure to airborne asbestos dust and fibers, early in August.
The couple claims that the cancer was wrongfully […]

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A cleanup to remove asbestos containing plaster from a veteran’s home in Illinois has recently taken place. The asbestos was discovered when work was taking place to fit a new call light system in August at the Illinois Veterans Home at Manteno.
Asbestos was found in the plaster at the thirty eight bed unit. Asbestos containing […]

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A young woman who has died from the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma in the UK has become one of the youngest victims of this disease. Leigh Carlisle was just twenty eight years old when she lost her fight against the deadly cancer just a couple of weeks ago, leaving many confused as to how and […]

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The widow of a seventy nine year old man who died from asbestos related health problems has filed a lawsuit against sixty nine defendant companies, claiming it was these companies that were responsible for her late husband’s untimely death. The lawsuit was filed several weeks ago in Kanawha Circuit Court.
According to court papers David Knotts […]

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A UK lawyer speaking to Scottish Parliament about draft legislation that is designed to help those with pleural plaques to get compensation stated that this condition, which is brought about by exposure to asbestos, was actually a good thing because it proved that the body’s defences were in good working order.
The legislation has been widely […]

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A former shipyard workers has received compensation from a manufacturer of asbestos related parts, after claiming that the products made by the firm resulted in him contracting the deadly asbestos related cancer, mesothelioma.
Following the recent verdict fifty nine year old John Koonce was awarded nearly four and a half million dollars. He was a former […]

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Another asbestos related lawsuit has been filed in Madison County Circuit court by the widow of a man who died from the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma. The lawsuit names seventy three corporations as defendants, and blames these corporations for the death of her husband from asbestos related cancer.
The widow of the man, Yvonne Nannini, filed […]

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Asbestos exposure and lawsuits have been in the news for many years now, with many people realizing that in years gone by they were inadvertently exposed to a deadly substance known as asbestos, which was used in a wide range of industries and in many different applications over the decades.
However, in the late 1970s the […]

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An Ohio man has filed an asbestos related lawsuit against sixty companies after being diagnosed with the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma in July of this year, according to a recent report. The lawsuit was filed in Madison County Circuit Court last week.
According to the plaintiff, Donald Reed, he was diagnosed with the asbestos related […]

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According to a recent report forty six firms have been named as defendants in a recently filed asbestos related lawsuit, which was filed by the victim of asbestos related disease and his wife. Tommy Davis and his wife Jacqueline claim that the defendants were responsible for Tommy contracting an asbestos related disease.
The lawsuit was […]

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According to a recent report one of the largest unions in Australia is joining a battle aimed at getting the New South Wales government to clean up an abandoned mine that has allegedly led to a number of people contracting asbestos related health problems.
The union, The Australia Manufacturers Workers Union, is joining forces with […]

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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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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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