Worker wins asbestos-linked compensation claim
Thursday, June 24th, 2010Quoted 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 […]
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 […]
Suit alleges woman contracted mesothelioma by washing family’s work clothes
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010Quoted from http://www.setexasrecord.com/news/227349-suit-alleges-woman-contracted-mesothelioma-by-washing-familys-work-clothes
Suit alleges woman contracted mesothelioma by washing family’s work clothes
6/7/2010 11:29 AM
By Michelle Massey, East Texas Bureau
TYLER-After years of cleaning the asbestos-containing clothes of her father, husband, and son, Claudia Headley was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma and died from the disease on May 30, 2008.
Claudia’s husband Robert and her sons Scott and Steven […]
Mechanic wins landmark legal case against James Hardie
Monday, June 7th, 2010Quoted from http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/brakes-on-asbestos-20100605-xlqz.html
Brakes on asbestos
MATTHEW BENNS
June 6, 2010
“I never, ever saw a warning”… John Booth. Photo: Steve Holland
A MECHANIC who spent his career working on asbestos brake linings has won a landmark legal case against manufacturer James Hardie after being diagnosed with mesothelioma.
John Booth, 73, told the NSW Dust Diseases Tribunal the disease left him […]
Sarasota man wins $14 million in asbestos suit
Monday, May 24th, 2010Quoted from http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100522/ARTICLE/5221021/2055/NEWS
Sarasota man wins $14 million in asbestos suit
By LAURA MORALES The Miami Herald
Published: Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, May 21, 2010 at 7:08 p.m.
MIAMI - A Sarasota man was awarded more than $14 million after a jury decided that the asbestos he inhaled in the 1970s caused his abdominal […]
Jury awards $1.48 million in mesothelioma death
Friday, May 21st, 2010Quoted from http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/94152019.html
Jury awards $1.48 million in mesothelioma death
By Bruce Vielmetti of the Journal Sentinel
May 18, 2010
The estate of a former Harnischfeger worker who died from mesothelioma was awarded $1.48 million in damages by a Milwaukee County jury last week.
John D. Pender (left, with grandchild) was a painter for Harnischfeger for nearly 40 years. He […]
Asbestos Case Wins $200 Million In Punitive Damages; Will It Stick?
Friday, May 7th, 2010Rhoda Evans was exposed to asbestos when she washed her husband’s clothes. Her husband, Bobby, worked for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power where he would sometimes cut pipe containing asbestos. These pipes were distributed by CertainTeed. Mrs. Evans never worked around asbestos herself, but by simply breathing in the fibers left on […]
Mesothelioma Victim’s Family Receives Huge Award In Asbestos Exposure Case: $30.3 Million
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010Back in June 2008, we reported on the largest asbestos verdict ever awarded in New Jersey. The lawsuit pertained to the untimely death of Mark Buttitta, who succumbed to mesothelioma just before his 50th birthday.
Buttitta had been exposed to asbestos through his father, who worked at a GM warehouse as a parts picker. Buttitta also […]
Rates of Asbestos Diseases Expected to Rise Over Next Decade
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010Asbestos diseases range in severity from asbestosis to lung cancer, which is exacerbated when there is asbestos exposure and smoking, to mesothelioma. According to a study commissioned by the American Insurance Association, analysts believe that the number of people afflicted with asbestos diseases will rise over the next decade because asbestos use peaked in the […]
Michigan Man Gets Another Shot At Life With The New “Shake And Bake” Treatment
Friday, March 26th, 2010Jesse Diaz was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2007. He was given a very grim forcast: cancer and only six months to live. The doctors at Spectrum Health Hospital in Grand Rapids, MI opted to treat Diaz with a new chemotherapy treatment called Hipec. Now, Diaz has beaten the odds. He has been cancer-free for two […]
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