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Asbestos News Roundup: 10.13.11

October 13th, 2011. By LucyC

A roundup of recent asbestos-related news and information that you should be aware of. An ongoing list of reported asbestos hot spots in the US from the Asbestos News Roundup archive appears on our asbestos map.

Asbestos Lawsuits

St. Clair County, IL: An asbestos lawsuit was filed late September by Julie Anne Mossburg of Ohio in St. Clair County Circuit Court. In her suit, Mossburg names 28 defendant companies, alleging they caused the recently deceased Gary James Mossburg Sr. to develop lung cancer. Mr. Mossburg Sr. died on January 27, 2010, as a result of his asbestos related illnesses.

In her lawsuit, Julie Anne Mossburg claims that Mr. Mossburg’s lung cancer resulted from his exposure to asbestos-containing products throughout the course of his work as a bricklayer and tile setter at various residential, commercial and industrial locations from 1966-2006.

The lawsuit further claims that the defendants should have been aware of the harmful effects of asbestos, but failed to exercise reasonable care and caution for the plaintiffs’ safety.

Before his death and as a result of his asbestos-related illnesses, Gary James Mossburg Sr. became disabled and disfigured, incurred medical costs and suffered great physical pain and mental anguish, the lawsuit states. Additionally, Mr. Mossburg became prevented from pursuing his normal course of employment and, as a result, lost large sums of money that would have accrued, Julie Anne Mossburg alleges.

Julie Anne Mossburg is seeking economic damages of more than $50,000, a judgment of more than $50,000, punitive and exemplary damages of more than $100,000 and compensatory damages of more than $50,000, plus costs and other relief the court deems just. (Madisonrecord.com)

Asbestos Law

Pueblo, CO: Tom Tienda, a contractor in Pueblo, is being tried by state and local prosecutors for hiring a handful of homeless day laborers to dear down a house on Lake Avenue that contained asbestos. The prosecutors allege that Tienda was aware the building contained asbestos, and by hiring itinerant labor he could avoid paying $200,000 to properly remove the carcinogenic substance.

Mike Melito, a prosecutor with the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, explained to the jury that Tienda also took some of the contaminated material and used it on another of his portfolio of homes at 903 Catalpa.

Tienda is charged with felony counts of intentionally causing a hazardous materials incident and attempting to influence a public servant along with numerous misdemeanor counts of air pollution for demolishing the house without any permits.

Tienda, who owns several properties in the area, at least one of which has been condemned, allegedly hired a group people to remove asbestos-containing material before crews started bringing the walls down on his Lake Avenue property.

J.D. Potter, the Pueblo Regional Building department’s assistant building officer, a witness in the case, said old Tienda’s tenants complained about poor plumbing or electrical problems or that the heat had been shut off. Potter said the Lake Avenue property had been in decline since the 1990s. By the time he inspected it in 2006, electrical wiring and copper plumbing had been stripped from the home and vagrants and gangs had squatted in the building. (Chieftan.com)

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