Legal Updates
Former Plant Workers Informed of Possible Asbestos Exposure
Friday, September 26, 2008
On September 26, 2008, public health officials began informing former employees of a Fremont manufacturing plant that they might have been exposed to asbestos. Workers of the Flintkote Co. were exposed to low levels of asbestos between 1967 and 1979, according to a report from the Federal Agency for Toxic…
Alcoa Asbestos Lawsuit Can Proceed After Tennessee Supreme Court Ruling
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
On September 10, 2008, the Tennessee Supreme court ruled that Alcoa Inc. can be sued for the asbestos-related death of a former worker's daughter. The Pittsburgh-based company had argued that it should not be held responsible for the former worker’s daughter’s mesothelioma, a rare cancer associated with asbestos that lead…
Ex Virginia Shipyard Worker Gets Mesothelioma Compensation
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
On September 6, 2008, a former shipyard worker won a $4.39 million jury verdict from an Illinois maker of asbestos-related parts that he asserted gave him a terminal form of cancer.The plaintiff, a former worker at Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp., was awarded $4 million in compensatory damages and $390,000…
Asbestos Exposure Investigation Begins
Monday, August 11, 2008
On August 5, 2008, a temporary worker at the Matanuska-Susitna Borough's central landfill in Alaska said he and three others were exposed last winter to asbestos dust when a bulldozer ripped open bags holding the hazardous material."We're looking into the matter," said the borough's interim human resources manager, Marshall Watson. "We're…
Further Asbestos Removal Called Form at Old Ohio Plant
Monday, July 07, 2008
On July 1, 2008, Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner said additional asbestos at the decommissioned Toledo Edison Acme power plant in East Toledo’s planned Marina District development would be removed in advance of a partial demolition later this year. That part of the effort to clean up and incorporate the building…
Spanish Citizens Given Right to Sue for Asbestos Exposure
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
On May 27, 2008, a New Jersey State Appeals Court ruled that fifteen Spanish citizens can sue Owens-Illinois in New Jersey Superior Court on claims they suffered health problems from exposure to asbestos while working aboard U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships docked at United States-Spanish military installations in Rota…
