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Asbestos News Roundup: 11.19.09
November 19th, 2009. By LucyC
A roundup of recent asbestos-related news, asbestos lawsuits and the latest asbestos hot spots-places where asbestos has been found-and that you should be aware of.
Asbestos Settlements
Buffalo, NY: A settlement of more than $3 million dollars has been awarded to a local union boilermaker for injuries resulting from exposure to asbestos on the job. Earl W. Tredinnick, III, 61, of Elma, New York, who worked as a Local 7 Union Boilermaker between 1967 and 2002 developed mesothelioma in the fall of 2008, and brought suit against various companies responsible for a variety of asbestos-containing products. (PRWEB)
Asbestos Hot Spots
Oakland, CA: Lehman Brothers has agreed to spend $3.7 million to complete the demolition of more than 90 buildings at the former Oak Knoll Naval base. Lehman, now bankrupt, had partnered with SunCal Companies in a planned 960-unit residential development project in the East Oakland hills area. After touring the site in October, the financial company agreed to release funding that will pay for contractors to remove asbestos, trash and debris from barracks, homes, garages and other structures. The buildings will be levelled. (Oakland Tribune)
Asbestos Scams
Syracuse, NY: Frank Onoff, a key player in a decade-long asbestos removal scam in central New York, has pled guilty in federal court and agreed to cooperate in the case filed against
Asbestos News Roundup: 11.17.09
November 17th, 2009. By LucyC
A roundup of recent asbestos-related news, asbestos lawsuits and the latest asbestos hot spots-places where asbestos has been found-and that you should be aware of.
Asbestos Lawsuits
Jefferson County, TX: A Texas-based carpenter has filed an asbestos-related disease lawsuit against 38 companies, claiming that his asbestos-related disease was wrongfully caused, that the defendant companies failed to test the asbestos-containing products before they were introduced into the marketplace, and that they failed to warn him about the dangers of asbestos. 
The named as defendants in the suit are : A.O. Smith Corp., A.W. Chesterton Co., American Optical, Ametek, Babcock Borsig Power, Bayer Cropscience, Bechtel, CBS Corp., Certainteed, Cleaver Brooks, Coltec Industries, Crane Co., Crown Cork & Seal, D&F Distributing, Exxon Mobil, Fluor Enterprises, Fluor Maintenance Services and Foster Wheeler.
And: Garlock Sealing Technologies, General Electric, Georgia Pacific, Goulds Pumps, Green Tweed, Henry Vogt Machine Co., Honeywell International, Industrial Holdings Inc., Ingersoll Rand, John Crane, Kelly Moore Paint Co., Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, Pneumo Abex Corporation, Sepco Corp., Treco Construction Services, Uniroyal Holdings, Washington Group International and Zurn Industries. (SETexasRecord.com)
Asbestos Hot Spots
Alberta, Canada: Asbestos has been found at Suncor Oil operations in the Canadian Oil Sands,
Asbestos News Roundup: 11.12.09
November 12th, 2009. By LucyC
A roundup of recent asbestos-related news, asbestos lawsuits and the latest asbestos hot spots-places where asbestos has been found-and that you should be aware of.
Asbestos Lawsuits
Boston, MA: Two veterans, Jeffrey Cox and James Garland, are suing KBR Inc. and Halliburton Co., claiming they “poisoned” them and at least 100,000 other soldiers and contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan by exposing them to toxic smoke and fumes.
KBR Inc. and Halliburton, both of Texas, were hired by the U.S. government to dispose of waste on bases and camps. The suit claims that both companies have ignored their contractual obligations by burning vast quantities of unsorted waste in open-air “burn pits” with no safety controls since 2003.
Toxic waste allegedly burned in the pits includes trucks, tires, lithium batteries, styrofoam, human corpses, medical supplies including those used in smallpox shots, paints, asbestos, animal carcasses and hundreds of thousands of plastic water bottles, according to the suit. (Boston Herald)
Asbestos Mesothelioma Settlements
Houston, TX: The widow of an engineer who died from asbestos mesothelioma has been awarded more than $1 million as settlement of her lawsuit. Her deceased husband is believed to have suffered asbestos exposure as a result of using lubricants used in drilling that are laden with asbestos additives. (BestSyndication.com )
Asbestos Hot Spots
Jackson-Madison County, FL: Asbestos or material that contains asbestos has been identified in 22 buildings owned by Jackson-Madison County schools.
Nineteen of those buildings are schools, as follows: Alexander Elementary; Andrew Jackson Intermediate; Beech Bluff Elementary; East Intermediate; Jackson Central-Merry High School east campus; Madison Academic Magnet High; Lincoln Elementary; Malesus Elementary; North
Asbestos News Roundup: 11.10.09
November 10th, 2009. By LucyC
A roundup of recent asbestos-related news, asbestos lawsuits and the latest asbestos hot spots-places where asbestos has been found-and that you should be aware of.
Asbestos Lawsuits
Tyler, TX: A man from Pennsylvania, who worked in Texas for T & N Limited and TAF International Limited, claims he developed asbestos mesothelioma as a result of being exposed to defective and unreasonably dangerous products while on the job. These products contained asbestos and generated asbestos dust which he inhaled. (SETexasRecord.com)
Asbestos Mesothelioma Settlements
San Francisco, CA: A jury verdict awarding Mrs. Mahoney, a resident of San Francisco, $20 million as settlement of her asbestos mesothelioma lawsuit, has been upheld on appeal. Mrs. Mahoney’s work in the family home-remodeling business exposed her to an asbestos-containing joint compound produced by Georgia Pacific. Together, Mrs. Mahoney and her husband built and remodeled numerous houses in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. She was diagnosed with asbestos mesothelioma in 2006. (Businesswire.com)
Monterey, CA: A tentative settlement has been reached in an asbestos-related lawsuit brought by attorneys, judges and courthouse employees who claim they were injured by asbestos dispersed during remodeling of the Monterey County Superior Court building in Salinas. While the settlements are confidential, the monies awarded will cover medical expenses and damages for lung disease. (thecalifornian.com)
Asbestos Hot Spots
According to a recently released report by the Workers’ Compensation Board of Quebec,
Asbestos News Roundup: 11.05.09
November 5th, 2009. By LucyC
A roundup of recent asbestos-related news, asbestos lawsuits and the latest asbestos hot spots—places where asbestos has been found—and that you should be aware of.
Asbestos Lawsuits 
Old Hickory, TN: DuPont and 20 other companies are facing a wrongful death lawsuit brought by Roger Neely, who lost his mother to asbestos mesothelioma. Ruby Neely contracted asbestos-related cancer as a result of second hand or take-home asbestos exposure from her husband’s contaminated work clothes. Her husband, Lively Neely, worked at the DuPont plant in Old Hickory for 20 years. (Tennessean.com)
Asbestos Settlements
Maryville, TN: Amanda Satterfield, who became terminally ill with asbestos mesothelioma as a result of exposure to asbestos dust on her father’s work clothes, won her lawsuit against her father’s employer, Alcoa Inc. The amount awarded her estate is confidential. Amanda died in 2005, at 25. Her father continued the legal battle on her behalf. (thedailytimes.com)
Asbestos Hot Spots
Sebring, FL: Twelve sites have been identified by the Florida Department of Environment
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