January 20, 2019
A woman and two men from Southwest Michigan are facing up to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty in what investigators say may have been the largest release of asbestos in Michigan since the material was declared a hazardous air pollutant in 1971.
January 20, 2019
On Friday, May 29, 2015, staff at Central Michigan University’s Office of Risk Management and Environmental Health and Safety were informed of elevated levels of asbestos in the air of the first and second floors of Warriner Hall.
November 19, 2018
Covil Wants $33M Fatal-Mesothelioma Award Axed [PDF] Law360 (November 19, 2018, 7:29 PM EST) — Covil Corp. wants a North Carolina federal judge to overturn…
April 20, 2017
Wash. Jury Awards $82M Against Napa Over Asbestos Death [PDF] Law360, New York (April 20, 2017, 9:03 PM EDT) — A Washington state jury has…
August 25, 2015
LAPEER, MI – Asbestos-covered utility lines have led to a weeks-long delay in bridge work in Lapeer.
August 7, 2015
Demolition work at the former Pillsbury Mills plant on the northeast side of Springfield has resulted in multiple violations of state and federal laws, including possible release of asbestos into the air, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency said in a complaint announced Friday.
July 27, 2015
Residents of Canberra’s Mr Fluffy homes have an additional 16 in 100,000 lifetime risk of developing lung cancer or mesothelioma as a result of living in an asbestos-contaminated house, according to a Sydney public health expert.
June 29, 2015
Defendants with real punitive damages exposures have to be extremely vigilant in preserving their bad faith claims and then prosecuting them.
June 1, 2015
In many ways, Libby is like any other small town. It sits nestled between bits of national forest, it has a train station and a few schools (go Loggers!), and for many years its economy was supported by the nearby logging and mining operations.
May 25, 2015
Mesothelioma commercials on television, with their representations of health-impaired seniors, evoke a bygone era when asbestos was a cheap construction material in every day use in commercial buildings.
