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Asbestos News Roundup: 2.11.10
February 11th, 2010. By LucyC
A roundup of recent asbestos-related news and information that you should be aware of.
Asbestos Lawsuits
Charleston, WV: Two couples are suing 63 companies in separate asbestos lawsuits. David L. McClure and Nancy A. McClure, and Billy R. Beckett and Helen J. Beckett allege they were exposed to asbestos products of the defendants while working at various job sites over many years.
The McClures and the Becketts claim the defendant companies manufactured, processed, converted, distributed, supplied and/or sold the products that contained asbestos materials that presented a substantial risk of harm.
The 63 companies named in the separate cases are 3M Company; A.W. Chesterton; Amchem Products, Inc.; Anchor Packing Company; Aurora Pump Company; Benjamin F. Shaw Company; Brand Insulations, Inc.; Cameron International Corporation; Catalytic, Inc.; Certainteed Corporation; Cleaver-Brooks Company, Inc.; Crane Co.; Crown, Cork & Seal USA, Inc.; DeZurik, Inc.; Dow Chemical Company; Flowserve FSD Corporation; Flowserve US, Inc.; Flowserve US, Inc., and its Byron Jackson Division; Ford, Bacon & Davis, LLC; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation; Foster Wheeler U.S.A. Corporation; Gage Company; Garlock, Inc.; General Electric Company; George V. Hamilton, Inc.; Georgia Pacific Corporation; Gorman-Rupp Company; Goulds Pumps; Honeywell International, Inc.; Industrial Holdings Corporation; Ingersoll-Rand Company; ITT Corporation; John Crane, Inc.; Lockheed Martin Corporation; McJunkin
Asbestos News Roundup: 2.4.10
February 4th, 2010. By LucyC
A roundup of recent asbestos-related news and information that you should be aware of.
Asbestos Lawsuits
Ashland, KY: Fifty-three companies have been named as defendants in an asbestos lawsuit by Charles Ronald Miller and Nola A. Miller, who claim that Mr. Nolan’s diagnosis of lung cancer was caused by exposure to asbestos products. Specifically, the couple allege that the defendant companies are guilty of negligence, having contaminated buildings, breach of expressed/implied warranty, strict liability, intentional tort, conspiracy, misrepresentations and post-sale duty to warn.
The companies named in the case are A.K. Steel Corporation; A.W. Chesterton; Amdura Corporation; Aurora Pump Company; Brand Insulations, Inc.; Bucyrus International, Inc.; Caterpillar, Inc.; Certainteed Corporation; Cleaver-Brooks Company, Inc.; Cooper Industries, LLC; Crane Co.; Eaton Corporation; Elliott Turbo Machinery Company; Flowserve FSD Corporation; Flowserve US, Inc.; Foseco, Inc.; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation; Garlock, Inc.; General Electric Company; Goulds Pumps; Honeywell International, Inc.; IMO Industries, Inc.; Industrial Holdings Corporation; Ingersoll-Rand Company; Insul Company, Inc.; ITT Corporation; McJunkin Red Man Corporation; Morgan Engineering, Inc.; Nacco Materials Handling Group, Inc.; Nagle Pumps, Inc.; Nitro Industrial Coverings, Inc.; Ohio Valley Insulating Company, Inc.; Oglebay Norton Company; Pettibone/Traverse Lift, LLC; Premier Refractories, Inc.; Pneumo Abex Corporation; Rapid American Corporation; Riley Power, Inc.; Rockwell Automations, Inc.; Square D Company; State Electric Supply Company; Sunbeam Corporation; Tasco Insulations, Inc.; the F.D. Lawrence Electric Company; the Manitowoc Company, Inc.; UB West Virginia, Inc.; United Engineering and Foundry Company; Viacom, Inc.; Vimasco Corporation; Washington Group International; Trane U.S., Inc.; and Yale Materials Handling Corporation. (West Virginia Record)
Asbestos Hot spots
Daytona Beach, FL: The scheduled reopening of Daytona’s famous pier has been delayed until the summer, following the discovery of asbestos in the paint. The pier had been closed for repairs and was scheduled to reopen in February. (wftv.com)
Jackson County, TN: A 55-page report on the condition of asbestos in all Jackson-Madison County Schools buildings reportedly shows that while most areas are in good shape, five schools will need to be repaired. Those schools are Lincoln Elementary, North Parkway Elementary, Parkview Montessori School, West Jackson Learning Center and Whitehall Elementary. A total of 22 buildings contain asbestos, according to the report, which also states that those areas do not need to be isolated. (jacksonsun.com)
Asbestos News Roundup: 1.28.10
January 28th, 2010. By LucyC
A roundup of recent asbestos-related news and information that you should be aware of.
Asbestos Lawsuits
St. Clair, IL: Leonore Hall has filed an asbestos lawsuit on behalf of her father, Leon Hanger, who recently died from asbestos lung disease. She has named 43 companies as defendants, alleging that her father’s fatal illness was caused from exposure to inhaled, ingested or otherwise absorbed asbestos fibers, and therefore his death was wrongfully caused.
Hanger worked in the US Air Force from 1949 until 1953. From 1953 to 1986 he worked as a manufacturing mechanical foreman.
Leonore is seeking economic damages of more than $150,000, compensatory damages of more than $100,000 and punitive and exemplary damages in excess of $50,000. (St. Clair Record)
St. Clair, IL:Thirty seven companies have been named in an asbestos lawsuit filed by Clara Conley on behalf of her husband, Albert Conley, who recently died from asbestos mesothelioma.
Clara claims that Albert’s death was wrongfully caused, because he was exposed to asbestos through his work as a machinist at Paper Ball from 1955 to 1956, as a printer at Beaumont Enterprise and Journal from 1956 until 1957, as an aviation machinist mate in the US Navy from 1957 until 1977, and as a self-employed salesman from 1977 until 2007.
In her lawsuit, Clara claims that Albert incurred substantial medical costs as a result of the disease, as well as experiencing great physical pain and mental anguish. (St. Clair Record)
Asbestos Hot Spots
Martinsburg, CA: The Dunn Building at 400 W. Stephen St, which houses several Berkeley County government
Asbestos News Roundup: 1.14.10
January 14th, 2010. By LucyC
A roundup of recent asbestos-related news and information that you should be aware of.
Asbestos Lawsuits
Charleston, WV: Two new asbestos lawsuits just filed in Kanawha County, have named 133 defendant companies in asbestos lawsuits. The suits are brought on behalf of the etsate of the late Raymond E. Brewer Sr, and Mr. LaRosa, who were allegedly exposed to asbestos-containing materials during the period they worked with the defendant companies. The two men developed asbestosis and asbestos mesothelioma, according to the suit. They allege that the companies neglected to warn them of the dangers associated with asbestos, that the companies did not test for asbestos-containing products, or have asbestos-containing materials removed.
Just in case you’d like to know, the companies named in the lawsuits are: 20th Century Glove Corporation; A.O. Smith Corporation; Ajax Magnethermic Corporation; Alliance Machine Company; Allied Glove Corporation; Allis-Chalmers Corporation; American Optical Corporation; Anchor Packing Company; Anderson Greenwood & Co.; Argo Packing Company; Armstrong International, Inc.; Atlas Industries, Inc.; Aurora Pump Company; A.W. Chesterton; Bayer Cropscience, Inc.; Beazer East, Inc.; Bechtel Corporation; Borg-Warner Corporation; Brand Insulations, Inc.; Buffalo Pumps, Inc.; Cameron International Corporation; CBS Corporation; Certainteed Corporation; Cleaver-Brooks Company, Inc.; Cooper Industries, Inc.; Copes-Vulcan, Inc.; Coppus Turbines; Crane Co.; Crown, Cork & Seal USA, Inc.; Dana Corporation; Didier Taylor Refractories Corporation; Dravo Corporation; Durabla Manufacturing Company; Earl B. Beach Company; Eaton Corporation; Eichleay Corporation; Elliott Company; F.B. Wright Company; Fairmont Supply Company; Famous Furnace & Supply Co.; Fisher Controls International, LLC; Flinn & Dreffein Eng. Co.; Flowserve US, Inc.; Flowserve FSD Corporation; Flowserve US, Inc. as successor to Valtek International; Foseco, Inc.; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation; the Gage Company; Gardner Denver, Inc.; Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC; General Electric Company; General Refractories Company; Gentex
Asbestos News Now: 1.12.10
January 12th, 2010. By LucyC
A roundup of recent asbestos-related news and information that you should be aware of.
Asbestos Lawsuits
Madison County, IL: Between December 14 and 18, 2009, a total of 28 new asbestos lawsuits were filed. In one such suit, Donald and Sharon Floyd of Missouri allege that Donald Floyd developed lung cancer after his work as a welder at North County Technical High School from 1969 until 1971, and at numberous other jobs where he worked as a welder between 1970 and 2006. Another suit has been brought by Althea Bussert of Arizona, who claims her recently deceased husband, James Bussert, developed mesothelioma after his work as a reliability engineer, teacher, instructor and clerk at various locations throughout Arizona and California from 1959 until 2009. (St. Clair Record)
Asbestos Hot Spots
Staten Is, NY: The New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs (DMNA) closed parts of the New York State Armory on Manor Road in Staten Island on Monday, January 4th following the discovery of asbestos contamination in some armory offices and work spaces. Full time staff and drilling units assigned to the armory have been shifted to other New York City armories to perform their routine duties and training.
Soldiers and other military staff assigned to the armory have completed Department of Defense medical evaluation forms which will be kept in their military medical files as a baseline in case they develop any kind of medical condition which could be related to asbestos exposure in the future. (readmedia.com)
Victoria, BC: The federal of Canada and the British Columbia provincial government have given $42.5 million for asbestos remediation and new construction involving six buildings on the campus of the University of Victoria. The buildings were constructed between 1962 and 1978. The renovation work is scheduled to be complete by Spring 2011. (Victoria Times Colonist)
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