February 22nd, 2009
On May 27, 2008, a New Jersey State Appeals Court ruled that fifteen Spanish citizens can sue Owens-Illinois in New Jersey Superior Court on claims they suffered health problems from exposure to asbestos while working aboard U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships docked at United States-Spanish military installations in Rota ...
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December 19th, 2008
As a teenager working on his stepfather's farm in Punta Gorda, Stephen E. Guilder learned to repair tractors and other farm equipment. Guilder, parlayed his deft handiwork on the farm into a career as a head and neck surgeon, but it's now expected to cost him his life.
Guilder, 50, was ...
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December 15th, 2008
On March 28, 2008, a California appeals court upheld an award of in excess of $11 million to a former Bay Area couple for an incurable lung disease the husband suffered after being exposed to asbestos within Navy shipyards during the 1940s and 1950s.
Joseph and Mary Garza filed the suit ...
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December 4th, 2008
On February 20, 2008, a federal appeals court overturned a $500 million settlement reached two years ago by The Travelers. Cos. Inc. This particular turn of events may well open the company to potential new lawsuits. Travelers said it is reviewing the ruling by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, ...
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October 7th, 2008
Based upon a new Canadian survey by the B.C. and Yukon Building and Construction Trades Council, an estimated 300 construction workers in British Columbia will suffer wrongful deaths due to asbestos-related diseases each year for the next five years A Canadian physician involved in mesothelioma research and a professor in ...
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September 25th, 2008
A Minnesota man filed an asbestos suit against 10 defendant corporations in Madison County Circuit Court Jan. 16, alleging his father died from mesothelioma.
Bruno Zagar claims his father, Anthony, was diagnosed with mesothelioma on Jan. 1, 2004, and died on Dec. 2, 2004.
He claims that during the course of his ...
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September 10th, 2008
Marine Atlantic workers are expected to get an update this week on the company’s progress in dealing with an asbestos issue on the vessel Atlantic Freighter.
Workers learned last fall that areas of the 30-year-old vessel, which offers a drop-trailer service between North Sydney and Port aux Basques, N.L., contained asbestos. ...
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September 8th, 2008
The Tennessee Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case that will decide whether Alcoa Inc. is responsible for the asbestos-related death of a former worker's daughter.
The Pittsburgh-based company argues it is not responsible for Amanda Satterfield's cancer.
Satterfield had mesothelioma, a rare cancer directly associated with asbestos exposure. She died ...
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August 11th, 2008
A McLean County jury returned a $2.6 million verdict Wednesday in favor of the family of a Bloomington man who died of an asbestos-related illness.
John Watkins died Sept. 23, 2005, from mesothelioma. His widow, Ruth Watkins, and son, Scott Watkins, were represented by James Wylder and Lisa Corwin of Wylder ...
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July 7th, 2008
A former Navy sailor who was exposed to asbestos more than 50 years ago has been awarded $35.1 million in compensatory damages after he was diagnosed with cancer.
John R. "Jack" Davis was diagnosed in January with pleural mesothelioma, an aggressive cancer linked to asbestos, in January 2007.
In his lawsuit, Davis ...
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