June 6th, 2009
Residents of a small mining town in Montana have waited anxiously for their day in court. After years of delays, a major chemical company faces federal charges accusing it of poisoning the residents homes and schools with asbestos.
On February 23, 2009, opening statements are scheduled in the case of U.S. ...
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June 3rd, 2009
On December 19, 2008, Minnesota Public Radio broadcasted a story about Taconite workers in northeastern Minnesota being diagnosed with mesothelioma at twice the expected rate. Mesothelioma is a rare cancer that attacks the lining of the lung, caused by exposure to asbestos.
Over the years, several attempts have been made to ...
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May 27th, 2009
Recently a California man diagnosed earlier this year with a deadly asbestos-related cancer won a $7.5 million settlement. The plaintiff, age 64 was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a fatal cancer of the lining of the chest cavity and lungs. His exposure most likely took place when he worked as a marine ...
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May 21st, 2009
On December 3, 2008, a U.S. final report from investigators confirmed that the deadly contamination of the blood thinner heparin was caused by a man-made chemical that was added to batches of the drug imported from China.
The crisis, which began last November, resulted in 152 adverse reactions and as many ...
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May 13th, 2009
On October 7, 2008, Eli Lilly & Co. announced a $62 million settlement that will pay 32 states and Washington, D.C., to resolve an investigation into the company's marketing practices for its popular antipsychotic drug, Zyprexa.
Attorneys general from several states had accused Lilly of marketing Zyprexa for off-label uses and ...
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April 28th, 2009
On September 26, 2008, public health officials began informing former employees of a Fremont manufacturing plant that they might have been exposed to asbestos. Workers of the Flintkote Co. were exposed to low levels of asbestos between 1967 and 1979, according to a report from the Federal Agency for Toxic ...
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April 19th, 2009
On September 10, 2008, the Tennessee Supreme court ruled that Alcoa Inc. can be sued for the asbestos-related death of a former worker's daughter. The Pittsburgh-based company had argued that it should not be held responsible for the former worker’s daughter’s mesothelioma, a rare cancer associated with asbestos that lead ...
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April 8th, 2009
On September 6, 2008, a former shipyard worker won a $4.39 million jury verdict from an Illinois maker of asbestos-related parts that he asserted gave him a terminal form of cancer.
The plaintiff, a former worker at Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp., was awarded $4 million in compensatory damages and $390,000 ...
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April 2nd, 2009
On August 5, 2008, a temporary worker at the Matanuska-Susitna Borough's central landfill in Alaska said he and three others were exposed last winter to asbestos dust when a bulldozer ripped open bags holding the hazardous material.
"We're looking into the matter," said the borough's interim human resources manager, Marshall ...
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March 24th, 2009
On July 1, 2008, Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner said additional asbestos at the decommissioned Toledo Edison Acme power plant in East Toledo's planned Marina District development would be removed in advance of a partial demolition later this year.
That part of the effort to clean up and incorporate the building into ...
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