New York Supreme Court Justice Marcy S. Friedman ruled to award a total of 9 million dollars to compensate two asbestos victims and their wives. The two cases of Mr. Rosenberg and Mr. Casale had been merged for a single trial before downtown New York City jury.
Mr. Rosenberg was an  life-long electrician in New York […]

A previous Cook County circuit court ruling against Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 has been affirmed by the Illinois Appellate Court.
The County circuit court had ruled that the school district failed to notify its insurance company of asbestos removal job carried out from the 1980s through the early ’90s in a timely manner.
The court documents […]

Posen Construction workers complain that they were asked to deal with asbestos pipe without proper safety precautions. The workers also alleged that they were further ordered to dump the hazardous material illegally at a new lake south of Alico Road.
Posen workers said in a statement that their jobs were threatened if they denied to deal […]

The Kansas City Museum is due to close on Jan 7 for clearing asbestos and lead paint.
 
Corinthian hall, the structure owned by the city, and the carriage house behind it will be renovated for installing a new climate-control system. Officials hope they can then exhibit objects professionally in the museum collection in the 1910 buildings.
 
Andi […]

Charleston – The demolition of the burned store building has been delayed after asbestos was found in the building material.
 
Nine firefighters had died in a fire in the building earlier this year.
 
Brandon Martin, the owner of the demolition company hired for the Sofa Super Store, says that there are cancer-linked fibers in the building material.
 
“The […]

Fowler – Fowler town has been granted $25,000 for removing asbestos from Fowler Elementary School which has been vacant since year 2006.
 
The school’s future remains undecided still. Asbestos will be removed from the older portion of the building which will be demolished further.
 
Superintendent Steve Wittenauer said that the $25,000 grant for asbestos clean-up is the […]

Montana Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester Friday declared that approximately $250,000 has been secured for Libby CARD clinic (The Center for Asbestos-Related Disease).
In spite of President Bush’s threat to veto at-home spending measures put forth by Congress, senators Baucus and Tester fought to include the $248,580 fund for the CARD Clinic in a spending […]

Winona State University has been charged for violation of asbestos safety regulations.
 
The university has been accused of violating seven workplace safety rules related to asbestos removal from dormitories and other campus locations this year.
 
Occupational Safety and Health Division has alleged that the repaired and replaced insulation without taking any safety precautions to protect workers from the […]

Washington - Planet Toys, a New York toy manufacturer has asked stores to stop the selling of its CSI Fingerprint Examination Kit and move it from the shelves over asbestos concern.
 
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization recently studied some samples of the kit’s fingerprint dust in the lab. This study has confirmed the presence of asbestos.
 
The toy […]

San Mateo – A speech therapist at Highlands Elementary School alleges that she and her students were exposed to elevated levels of asbestos in an school room. She complains that the school failed to act quickly to warn them about the carcinogen.
 
DeLuca joined Highlands this school year only. However, she has served the district for […]