Legislation & Litigation - Page 9
Jury Awards $9M to Victim’s Family in Virginia Asbestos Case
- by Mark Hall
- Legislation & Litigation
- Feb 20, 2012
The family of John Bristow won a $9.18 million award in a Newport News, Virginia, asbestos case on Friday. The jury decided that John Crane Inc. was ultimately liable…
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Navy Veterans Alert: Leslie Controls Created $75 Million Asbestos Trust
- by Tim Povtak
- Legislation & Litigation
- Feb 17, 2012
The pre-negotiated Chapter 11 reorganization plan filed by Leslie Controls, Inc., was affirmed by the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, allowing the Tampa-based company to emerge from…
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Panel Expected to Add Mesothelioma to 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund
- by Tim Povtak
- Legislation & Litigation
- Feb 16, 2012
Mesothelioma is expected to be one of the cancers covered when a special advisory panel makes its recommendations next month on expanding the $2.8 billion Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation…
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Manufacturer Lobbies State Government to Adjust Asbestos Lawsuit Laws
- by Mark Hall
- Legislation & Litigation
- Feb 16, 2012
Crown Holdings Inc., a large Philadelphia-based can manufacturer, is lobbying the Minnesota state government to change the law to prevent future asbestos lawsuits from harming the company. The $8…
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Italian Court Sends Eternit Asbestos Executives to Jail
- by Tim Povtak
- Legislation & Litigation
- Feb 13, 2012
In a message that could reverberate in courtrooms around the world, a three-judge panel in Turin, Italy, found two former executives of an asbestos-products conglomerate guilty of involuntary manslaughter, sentencing…
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Libby’s Asbestos Victims Are Now Receiving Settlements
- by Tim Povtak
- Legislation & Litigation
- Jan 31, 2012
The long wait is coming to a drawn-out end. More than a decade after first filing a lawsuit against the state for a failure to warn them of the danger,…
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Conoco Appeals $15.2M Award to Worker Exposed to Asbestos
- by Tim Povtak
- Legislation & Litigation
- Jan 30, 2012
Conoco Phillips Corp., knowing a lengthy list of plaintiffs from the oil drilling industry are awaiting, began oral arguments today before the Mississippi State Supreme Court in its appeal of…
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Trial Starts for Men Accused of Illegally Removing Asbestos from Salvage Site
- by Mark Hall
- Legislation & Litigation
- Jan 13, 2012
The trial of three men accused of illegally removing asbestos from a salvage site has finally begun, six years since officials say the incident occurred. An 11-count federal indictment charges…
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EPA, Federal Courts Continue Crackdown on Violations of Asbestos Regulations
- by Tim Povtak
- Legislation & Litigation
- Jan 10, 2012
The Environmental Protection Agency continues its crackdown on asbestos-related violations, filing suit in federal district court this week against Lovett Contracting, Inc., which it says performed illegal demolition work in…
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Mississippi Judge Throws Out Record $322 Million Lawsuit Verdict
- by Faith Franz
- Legislation & Litigation
- Jan 5, 2012
The largest single-plaintiff asbestos verdict in U.S. history was erased when a Mississippi judge tossed the jury’s decision because of a conflict of interest by the judge who presided in…
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