Month: September 2012

A former professional football player and his business partner are facing multiple federal charges for improperly transporting and storing asbestos waste in violation of the federal Clean Air Act. If the men are convicted on all of the offenses with which they are...

Earlier this year, a state supreme court struck down the damages award in an asbestos lawsuit, finding that the widow of a deceased Navy seaman should not be compensated for her husband's pain and suffering and for her own loss of society. Now, the same court has...

Earlier this week, attorneys representing both sides of an asbestos lawsuit in Madison County conducted the jury selection process, choosing 14 jurors to hear the case out of a pool of 53 eligible local residents. And then the parties to the suit reached a settlement,...

A once-popular tourist attraction at the Gettysburg battlefield has reportedly sold to an unnamed buyer for just over $14,000. The buyer will now take on the significant and most likely expensive tasks of relocating the four-ton structure and removing the asbestos...

In a recent landmark ruling, a Missouri judge ruled that a company named as a defendant in an asbestos case may not reserve the right to autopsy the plaintiff in the event that he succumbs to the mesothelioma that is at the center of his case. The judge gave several...

The Illinois Supreme Court recently announced its September docket, which includes an asbestos case that has been closely watched and hotly debated since it was filed in the state three years ago. The high court's decision will set a precedent that will be followed in...

In 2011, an Illinois jury awarded nearly $90 million in damages to the widow of a man who had passed away from mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos at work. Now, following a federal court ruling which limited the situations in which a company could be held...

For people who develop mesothelioma as a result of asbestos exposure, time often becomes a major focus of their lives. They may think about the long time they lived completely unaware that asbestos was causing irreversible damage to their lungs or other organs. They...