The Philomath Fire Department says it will appeal a state fine for improper asbestos removal, saying it unintentionally hired an unlicensed firm to do the work. The Corvallis Gazette-Times reports the state Department of Environmental Quality announced a proposed fine …
Union Carbide Corp. has asked a Mississippi judge to throw out a $322 million asbestos verdict and, at the same time, remove himself from presiding over the case any longer. Attorneys for Union Carbide said Circuit Judge Eddie H. Bowen …
Union Carbide Corp. has asked a Mississippi judge to throw out a $322 million asbestos verdict and, at the same time, remove himself from presiding over the case any longer. In a motion filed Tuesday, attorneys for Union Carbide said …
A jury has awarded $322 million to a Mississippi man who claimed he inhaled asbestos dust while mixing drilling mud sold and manufactured by Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. and Union Carbide Corp. Allen Hossley, a Dallas attorney who represented Thomas …
A preliminary study of an asbestos-plagued Montana town indicates health dangers remain in some areas already addressed in a federal cleanup that, so far, has cost more than $370 million. Tuesday’s release of a long-awaited draft toxicity study for the …
Inside the chunks of slate and wallboard smashed and scattered by Japan’s tsunami hides a health risk that has been overshadowed by contamination from a leaking nuclear plant: the odorless and nearly invisible threat of asbestos. Activists have found the …
The bulk of Chartis’ legacy asbestos liabilities will be transferred to National Indemnity Company (NICO), a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., as part of Chartis’ ongoing strategy to de-risk, Chartis announced. The transaction with NICO covers potentially volatile U.S.-related asbestos …
The New Jersey Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from ExxonMobil over $7 million awarded to a woman who claimed she got cancer from her husband’s asbestos-laden clothes. A jury in 2008 found Bonnie Anderson had contracted mesothelioma from washing …
The company known as “Old GM” exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week and was carved into four trusts, marking the close of one of the most complex Chapter 11 cases in U.S. history. GM filed for bankruptcy in June 2009 …