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James Hardie asbestos fund ‘at risk’ after ruling

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Quoted from http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/james-hardie-asbestos-fund-at-risk-after-ruling/story-e6frf7ko-1225912970215:

James Hardie asbestos fund ‘at risk’ after ruling | Herald Sun

James Hardie asbestos fund ‘at risk’ after ruling

From: AAP
September 01, 2010 6:07PM

LAWYERS representing asbestos disease victims say a Federal Court ruling against James Hardie Industries SE could put victim compensation […]

Mesothelioma: Hospice wins landmark victory in asbestos cancer case

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Quoted from http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/29/mesothelioma-hospice-landmark-victory

Mesothelioma: Hospice wins landmark victory in asbestos cancer case
Court decision to make engineering firm pay £10,000 towards care of victim to open door for more claims from hospices
 
Hospices that care for victims of a form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure hope to get help with treatment costs following a landmark court ruling.
After […]

N.J. appellate court upholds $7M award from Exxon to woman handling husband’s asbestos-laden clothing

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Quoted from http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/08/nj_appellate_court_upholds_7m.html

N.J. appellate court upholds $7M award from Exxon to woman handling husband’s asbestos-laden clothing
Published: Friday, August 20, 2010, 2:05 PM Updated: Saturday, August 21, 2010, 12:06 PM
Peggy Ackermann/Statehouse Bureau

 
 
 
 
TRENTON — A Berkeley Heights woman who washed her husband’s asbestos-laden clothing and later contracted mesothelioma is entitled to $7 million in damages from Exxon […]

GM’s Estate May Face Billions of Dollars in Asbestos Claims, Creditors Say

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Quoted from http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-09/gm-s-estate-may-face-billions-in-asbestos-claims-creditors-committee-says.html

GM’s Estate May Face Billions of Dollars in Asbestos Claims, Creditors Say
By Tiffany Kary - Aug 9, 2010 6:09 PM ET
Creditors of General Motors Corp.’s bankruptcy estate won permission to seek data from new General Motors and other parties to estimate what could be billions of dollars in asbestos claims.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert […]

Order Tossing Expert Grabs Attention in Asbestos Case

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Quoted from http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202464446271

Order Tossing Expert Grabs Attention in Asbestos Case
Katheryn Hayes Tucker
Fulton County Daily Report
August 11, 2010
Orders from a middle Georgia judge throwing out an expert witness and the asbestos suit his testimony was going to support have defense attorneys celebrating and plaintiffs lawyers bearing down for an appellate battle.
At issue is a June 29 […]

Jury awards former BNSF worker $3.7 million

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

Quoted from http://www.billingsgazette.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_6508dc08-9e92-11df-b2b3-001cc4c002e0.html

Jury awards former BNSF worker $3.7 million
GREG TUTTLE Of The Gazette Staff | Posted: Monday, August 2, 2010 6:01 pm
A Sheridan, Wyo., man who worked for BNSF Railway for nearly 30 years has been awarded $3.7 million in damages by a Yellowstone County jury.
Edward Roger Jolley, 72, won the verdict late Friday afternoon […]

Wis. Supreme Court Denies Asbestos Death Claim

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Quoted from http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/midwest/2010/07/22/111791.htm

Wis. Supreme Court Denies Asbestos Death Claim
July 22, 2010
The Wisconsin State Supreme Court says a brake maker wasn’t negligent in a machinist’s death.
Walter Tatera, a former Hales Corners machine shop worker, died of cancer in 2004. His estate sued FMC Corp., a Milwaukee brake manufacturer, alleging disks the company sent to Tatera’s shop […]

Asbestos’ U.S. legacy may be half-million deaths

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Quoted from http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/07/21/97624/asbestos-us-legacy-may-be-half.html

Asbestos’ U.S. legacy may be half-million deaths

Anthophyllite asbestos fibers viewed through an electron microscope. | U.S. Geological Survey

By Jim Morris | International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
WASHINGTON — The first sign of trouble came as Bill Rogers was mowing his lawn one January morning in 2007. “As I would go back and forth with […]

Asbestos still killing families, decades later

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Quoted from http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/07/21/97843/asbestos-still-killing-families.html

Asbestos still killing families, decades later

Julie Gundlach plays with her daughter, Madeline Young, 7, at their home in St. Louis. Gundlach has mesothelioma. | Derik Holtmann/Belleville News-Democrat/MCT
 
By Brian Brueggemann | Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat
EDWARDSVILLE — Growing up, the laundry room in Julie Gundlach’s home doubled as a playroom.
And that’s where the 39-year-old figures she […]

Worker wins asbestos-linked compensation claim

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Quoted from http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/24/2935568.htm

Worker wins asbestos-linked compensation claim
By Megan Lewis
Posted Thu Jun 24, 2010 8:24am AEST
 
A central Queensland man has made a successful claim against his former employer’s insurer after being diagnosed with terminal asbestos-linked cancer.
Rockhampton resident Ian Hutcheon, 74, says he was exposed to asbestos fibre during the four years he worked at the former […]

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