DuPont Implicated In The Asbestos-Related Death Of The Wife Of A Former Employee
Thursday, December 24th, 2009Ruby Neely died earlier this year due to the asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma. After her husband, Lively, worked for over 20 years at the DuPont plant in Old Hickory, Tennessee, she inhaled enough asbestos simply through her daily contact with him to give her the deadly disease. Lively also succumbed to an asbestos-related disease, and their […]
Smithsonian Settles With Former Employee Over Asbestosis Lawsuit
Thursday, December 10th, 2009Back in late March 2009, we reported on the denial of an asbestosis claim of former National Air and Space Museum employee, Richard Pullman. After fighting the Smithsonian over an unsafe work environment due to improper management of asbestos, Pullman and the Smithsonian have reached a $233,000 agreement.
After Pullman’s claim was denied in March, the […]
Large Asbestos Jury Verdict For Mesothelioma Victim Reversed By Florida Appeals Court
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009As we reported back in Spring of 2008, a Miami-Dade County jury found Honeywell International negligent for selling asbestos brakes awarding Stephen E. Guilder and his family almost $24.2 million. Asbestos News Minute covered this story, as well.
Now, after Mr. Guilder’s death and over a year later, Florida’s 3rd District Court of Appeal has reversed […]
Major Asbestos Industrial Company Is Protagonist Of ‘Killer Company’
Monday, September 21st, 2009Earlier this year, ABC Australia reporter Matt Peacock published his book Killer Company: James Hardie Exposed. The book centers on James Hardie, a major industrial company responsible for numerous asbestos-related diseases, such as mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is painful, fatal, and has no cure.
Matt Peacock began investigating the company and its devious practices in 1977. After years of research, […]
Family’s Case Is Settled After Six Year Battle Over Asbestos-related Death
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009Earlier this month, the Satterfield family was finally successful in receiving a settlement after chasing ALCOA Aluminum for six years concerning the asbestos-related death of Amanda Satterfield, who was only 25 when she succumbed to mesothelioma.
Amanda’s father, Doug Satterfield, worked in an Alcoa plant from the time Amanda was a baby. Each evening when returning […]
California Jury Awards Asbestos Worker $3.4 Million
Monday, August 10th, 2009It only took a day for a San Francisco jury to find a Canadian company liable for exposing a deceased former Johns-Manville Transite plant worker to asbestos.
Richard Worthley Sr., worked in the plant in Waukegan, Ill. from May 1968 to 1984, when it closed. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2004.
The defendant in the case, […]
Wisconsin Bill Could Limit Asbestos Lawsuits
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009There is a little-known provision sliding through the state budged in Wisconsin which some fear will stop recovery of damages for asbestos cancer.
The proposal, which has not had any public hearing, would limit plaintiffs’ ability to sue companies that merged with smaller companies before 1972.
Supporters of the provision say it is narrowly written […]
Don’t Forget Asbestos Claimants in GM Bankruptcy
Thursday, June 25th, 2009Asbestos claimants asked for an official committee in the General Motors bankruptcy case, saying the government’s plan to sell the automaker may be unconstitutional since they’ve been left out of negotiations.
The plan is to sell GM’s best assets to a new company. So where would that leave future asbestos claimants? Probably in the […]
Supreme Court Determines Future of Johns Mansville Asbestos Claims
Thursday, June 18th, 2009In late June, 2008, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Travelers Companies Inc, a U.S. property and casualty insurer, saying a lower court erred in overturning the approval of the company’s nearly $500 million settlement of asbestos-related litigation.
The settlement barred new lawsuits against Travelers as a result of insuring Johns Manville Corp, which mined and manufactured asbestos products. For […]
DHHS To Provide $6M Grant For Libby Residents
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009Now that the jury has acquitted W.R. Grace & Company of charges of exposing residents in Libby to asbestos that killed hundreds, Sen. Max Baucus of Montana announced a $6 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to provide health care for residents suffering from asbestos-related diseases.
According to Baucus, the […]
