The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that civil lawsuit plaintiffs alleging asbestos-related ailments cannot submit scientific testimony asserting that even the smallest exposure to the material could cause cancer. The court said in a 6-0 opinion issued last Wednesday that …
A Bettendorf company has been fined $35,000 for burning demolition debris and failing to properly dispose of asbestos. The Iowa Attorney General’s Office says Rockingham-Lunex Co. and its owner, William Schmidt of Mount Pleasant, demolished two buildings at a former …
A New York federal appellate court ruling yesterday could allow more asbestos liability suits to proceed against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. The appellate court’s decision affirms the previous ruling last year from U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New …
Storms in recent weeks in Kentucky have produced mounds of debris, and the state Division for Air Quality is recommending that people remember the material may contain asbestos. The agency advises keeping all debris from damaged buildings thoroughly wetted until …
Bottle-cap maker Crown Holdings might want to pop the top off a celebratory bottle, after a bill to limit its asbestos liability in Idaho cleared the Senate and headed to Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter for signature. The measure cleared the …
A Nebraska insurance company has filed a lawsuit against the state of Montana to recover $16 million that was used primarily to cover a sweeping financial settlement of asbestos-related claims from residents of the Superfund town of Libby. The lawsuit …
A company with three manufacturing plants in southern Minnesota wants a change in state law in order to shield itself from future asbestos claims. Crown Holdings Inc. says its 1963 merger with a rival company left it with assets as …
Voters in Lowell and Eden are going to vote on whether to request that an abandoned asbestos mine be declared a federal Superfund hazardous waste site so it can be cleaned up and eventually redeveloped as a biomass power plant. …
A new report says recent advances in casualty catastrophe modeling can help insurers to understand potential exposures to mass torts. The report, released this month, is titled “The Need for Casualty Catastrophe Models: A Way to Prepare for the ‘Next …
A judge who was assigned to hear all of the asbestos cases in her southwestern Illinois county was stripped of those cases after it was revealed her campaign committee received $30,000 in contributions from area law firms specializing in asbestos-related …
