James Hardie asbestos fund ‘at risk’ after ruling
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010Quoted 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 […]
N.J. appellate court upholds $7M award from Exxon to woman handling husband’s asbestos-laden clothing
Monday, August 23rd, 2010Quoted 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, 2010Quoted 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, 2010Quoted 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, 2010Quoted 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, 2010Quoted 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 […]
Approved Congoleum Bankruptcy Plan Puts All Asbestos Claims in Same Boat
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010Quoted from http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202463755825
Approved Congoleum Bankruptcy Plan Puts All Asbestos Claims in Same Boat
Mary Pat Gallagher
New Jersey Law Journal
July 21, 2010
After nearly seven years and more than a dozen failed attempts, a reorganization plan allowing Congoleum Corporation to emerge from bankruptcy has finally met with a federal judge’s approval.
The Chapter 11 plan, approved June 7 and […]
Asbestos’ U.S. legacy may be half-million deaths
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010Quoted 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, 2010Quoted 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 […]
EnPro unit files Chapter 11
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010Quoted from http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2010/06/07/daily5.html
Monday, June 7, 2010, 11:09am EDT
EnPro unit files Chapter 11
Charlotte Business Journal - by John Downey and Roberta Fuchs Staff Writers
Saying it needs to protect itself from unjustified liability claims, EnPro Industries Inc. has placed a subsidiary under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to negotiate all asbestos claims.
Chief Executive Steve Macadam emphasized in a […]
