EPA Bans Asbestos, Still in Use Decades After Partial Ban March 21, 2024 By Matthew Daly The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that kills tens of thousands of...
A&E Loss Payouts on the Rise; Reserves Will Run Off in 8 Years December 20, 2023 A new AM Best segment report details asbestos and environmental (A&E) losses and reserve decline through the end of 2022....
Montana Clinic Files for Bankruptcy After $6M False Asbestos Claims Ruling August 15, 2023 By Matthew Brown A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination has filed for bankruptcy protection after a judge...
J&J Must Pay $18.8M to California Cancer Patient in Baby Powder Suit July 19, 2023 By Brendan Pierson Johnson & Johnson’s must pay $18.8 million to a California man who said he developed cancer from exposure to its...
Jurors Urged to Impose Heavy Punitive Damages in J&J Talc Trial July 11, 2023 Lawyers for a California man who says he developed a rare cancer from exposure to asbestos in Johnson & Johnson’s...
Montana Superfund Town’s Clinic Accused of Submitting False Asbestos Claims June 30, 2023 By Matthew Brown and Amy Beth Hanson A major U.S. railroad found liable for spreading hazardous asbestos that killed hundreds of people in a Montana town is...
Davenport, Iowa Hires Outside Firms to Investigate Partial Building Collapse June 16, 2023 By Hannah Fingerhut DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Two companies have been tasked with investigating the partial collapse of a six-story apartment building...
Lawmakers Warn Leaky, Crumbling UK Parliament at Risk of ‘Catastrophic’ Event May 22, 2023 By Jill Lawless Britain’s Parliament building is an architectural masterpiece, a UNESCO World Heritage Site visited by 1 million people a year. It’s...
Bayer Defeats Merck in Lawsuit Over Talc Liabilities April 4, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel A Delaware judge on Monday dismissed Merck & Co’s lawsuit seeking to hold Bayer AG responsible for more talc-related liabilities...
J&J Must Face Baby Powder Suit by 24-Year-Old Dying of Cancer February 15, 2023 By Steven Church Johnson & Johnson can no longer use bankruptcy to block a trial in California over claims its baby powder caused...