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Asbestos News Roundup: 10.28.10

October 28th, 2010. By LucyC

A roundup of recent asbestos-related news and information that you should be aware of. 

Asbestos Lawsuits

Harris County, IL: The estate of a former marine is suing over alleged asbestos exposure which contributed to his illness and eventual death. Ada M. Geer, on behalf of Gale V. Geer, deceased, filed a lawsuit on October 5, in the Harris County District Court, claiming that her decedent died from asbestos-related mesothelioma on on January 19, 2009 and that Dr. Bedrossian subsequently determined that the disease came about most likely due to his exposure to the asbestos. 

Among the companies named as defendants in the lawsuit are Afton Pumps Inc., Baldor Electric Co., Continental Automotive Systems Inc., and Detroit Stoker Co. 

The plaintiff claims that the man was exposed to a variety of asbestos products in his lifetime, all associated with the defendants. Gale Geer served in the U.S. Marines from 1943 through 1945, was a machinist and fabricator from 1946 through 1949 and again from 1950 through 1983.  

He also was allegedly exposed through home construction projects and work on cars. 

Ada Greer is seeking damages to punish the defendants, including actual damages, punitive damages, medical costs, physical pain and mental anguish in the past and future, court costs and any other damages they are entitled to by the court. (ultimateeastend.com)

Asbestos Hot Spots

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Asbestos News Roundup: 10.21.10

October 21st, 2010. By LucyC

A roundup of recent asbestos-related news and information that you should be aware of.

Veterans and Asbestos

Montpelier, VT: The federal government is implementing a plan to ensure that the state’s Veterans are not put at risk for mesothelioma and other asbestos-related illnesses. A $3.1 million grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs has been earmarked to help prevent mold and asbestos from contaminating the state’s Veterans’ Home in Bennington. 

The estimated cost of renovations to the aging building is $5 million, 65 percent of which will come from the VA. This grant is part of over $360 million the VA expects to spend helping Vermont’s 55,000 veterans this year. (wcax.com) 

Asbestos Law

Bloomfield, NM: Advantage Asphalt Seal & Coating LLC has been served with an administrative compliance order issued by the New Mexico Environment Department, in the amount of $817,000.

The company is facing allegations that it improperly handled, labeled, contained, transported and disposed of more than 1,000 cubic yards of material containing asbestos waste.

According to a report in the New Mexico Business Weekly, The Environment Department claims Advantage dumped the toxic waste at numerous sites, “including a dumpster at a high school, in a dumpster at another waste hauler’s operations yard, and on the ground at an auction yard in Bloomfield frequented by the public.”

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Asbestos News Roundup: 10.14.10

October 14th, 2010. By LucyC

A roundup of recent asbestos-related news and information that you should be aware of. 

Asbestos Lawsuits 

St. Clair, IL:  Four new asbestos complaints were recently filed in St. Clair County Circuit Court, adding to the already extensive list of asbestos-related claims filed in that county. 

Among them, John E. Collins filed a lawsuit against 39 defendant companies. The suit claims that he brought asbestos fibers home with him after his work as a laborer in the shipping and maintenance department at Kimberly Clark from 1952 until 1963, as a laborer in the shipping and maintenance department at Great Southern Paper Co. from 1963 until 1975 and as a supervisor in the shipping department at Virginia Fiber from 1975 until 1979. By bringing clothes home with asbestos fibers on them, he accidentally exposed his wife, Juanita C. Collins to asbestos, according to the complaint. 

Juanita C. Collins developed lung cancer which resulted in her death October 2008. The suit claims that her illness and subsequent death resulted from her exposure to the asbestos fibers. 

John Collins is seeking $150,000 for economic damages, $50,000 in punitive and exemplary damages, $100,000 in compensatory damages, punitive damages in an amount sufficient to punish Sprinkmann Sons Corporation and Young Insulation Group to deter them from their misconduct and a judgment for more than $150,000. 

Charles Lewis Jr. and Bobbie Lewis are also among the four new suits filed. They have named 29 defendant companies and allege that Charles Lewis Jr. claims developed lung cancer after his work as a loader at Cole Manufacturing in the early 1970s; as a loader at Three State Supply from 1975 until 1977; as an iron worker at LaClede Steel from 1974 Read the rest of this entry »

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Asbestos News Roundup: 10.7.10

October 7th, 2010. By LucyC

A roundup of recent asbestos-related news and information that you should be aware of.

Asbestos Lawsuits

St. Clair, IL: Lovell L. Kennard has filed a lawsuit against 27 defendants who he alleges caused the death of his mother, saying she inhaled asbestos fibers after her husband brought them home on his clothes.

Kennard claims his mother, Eula Kennard, suffered secondary or take-home exposure resulting from exposure to asbestos fibers through her late husband, Joseph Kennard, who worked as a box car builder at Pullman Standard, as a laborer at Ceco Steel and as a laborer at American Cast Iron Pipe Company from the 1950s through the 1980s.

As a consequence of this exposure, Mrs. Kennard developed lung cancer, which led to her death Jan. 15, 2009, the complaint states.

Kennard claims that prior to his mother’s death, she incurred medical costs, experienced great physical pain and mental anguish and was hindered and prevented from attending to her normal course of employment. Further, because of Eula Kennard’s death, her family has been deprived of her support, have lost her society and have incurred funeral and burial costs, Kennards claims.

Kennard is seeking $200,000 for economic damages, $50,000 for punitive and exemplary damages, $100,000 in compensatory damages, punitive damages in an amount sufficient to Read the rest of this entry »

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Asbestos News Roundup: 9.30.10

September 30th, 2010. By LucyC

A roundup of recent asbestos-related news and information that you should be aware of. 

Asbestos Lawsuits

Elyria, OH: The family of a Richard W. Fanslau, who died from asbestos related lung disease and lung cancer, has filed an asbestos lawsuit against Goodrich, Norfolk Southern Railway Co., and numerous other defendants. The suit claims that Fanslau was exposed to asbestos while working for the Nickel Plate Railroad and BF Goodrich, which led to his death. The family is suing for at least $25,000 in damages. (morningjournal.com)

Asbestos Hot Spots

Berkeley, CA: Children in an elementary school in California may have been exposed to asbestos while taking music and cooking classes. California state safety officials have verified reports of asbestos at the Washington Elementary School in Berkeley, and inspectors with the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) ordered that the room remain closed until the school could make a full assessment of the level of contamination. 

The asbestos was discovered by part-time teacher Darwin Greenwell, who has a background in construction and real estate. Greenwell and other staff at the school had noticed that the carpet runners in the classroom had been removed, exposing the floor tiles underneath. The floor tiles appeared to be in poor condition, and a fine white dust covered the carpets near where the runners had been. Greenwell told a local newspaper that, when the children would dance during music class, “they would raise the dust.”  

Greenwell was suspicious of the tiles and dust because they appeared similar to other tiles in other properties and that those types of tile usually contained asbestos.

In response to the room closure, the school district contacted a local asbestos abatement contractor, RGA Environmental, to conduct the remediation project. The workers removed the tiles and the adhesive, known as “mastic”, as both tested positive for asbestos.  The room remains closed due to the dust still evident on many surfaces. (Berkeley Daily Planet.com) 

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