Archive for the 'Asbestos Poisoning' Category

Joe Biden opposes asbestos lawsuits for being unfair to the victims

Monday, September 1st, 2008

U.S. Sen. Joe Biden have opposed a bill aimed at reducing the number of asbestos lawsuits. Biden and member of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee and the Democratic vice presidential nominee, actively opposed a bill that would have replaced thousands of lawsuits with a trust fund for asbestos victims.

Asbestos lawsuits on rise in New York

Monday, September 1st, 2008

The Record analysis has revealed that the number of Asbestos lawsuits are raising in number in the New York city. More than half of the 756 civil lawsuits filed in Madison County this year are asbestos claims. That’s 383 asbestos cases through Aug. 27.

Retired teacher held for asbestos violation in Bridger

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Randal J. Ecker is a retired school teacher who have to appear before the court on the charges of asbestos poisoning. The asbestos lawsuit was charged against him in 2005 for violating its own asbestos management plan. The federal civil suit was settled last November when the district agreed to pay each student $251,000. [...]

South African Lawyers Helped Out Asbestos Effected Workers

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

The Cape Town lawyers have decided to take the help of a British company to set up a settlement scheme to pay compensation to the hundreds of the South Africans effected by the asbestos poisoning.

Asbestos Lawsuit In USA: Reasons And Nature

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Asbestos lawsuit is one of the major types of lawsuits the USA faces almost every year. Thousands of people fall prey to asbestos exposure every year.

Galveston Women Filed Lawsuit Against Marathon And Other Petroleum Company

Monday, May 19th, 2008

On may 8th, a local women named Cynthia Leigh Chason filed suit against Marathon Petroleum Company and other businesses, in Galveston County 10th District Court under Judge David Garner. She claims that her fathers used to work with asbestos. Cynthia was exposed so much to the fibres in this process that she has now [...]


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