Month: October 2012

After several years of lawsuits and settlement negotiations, it appears that the embattled residents of Libby, Montana, may soon see some progress in their ongoing asbestos case. According to media reports, mesothelioma attorneys for the Libby asbestos victims are...

A contractor is facing significant monetary fines and other legal consequences after failing to comply with the Clean Air Act while overseeing the renovation of three residential properties. The Attorney General's Office, which has filed the lawsuit against the man,...

Last month, a married couple filed an asbestos lawsuit against more than 85 companies. In the suit, the plaintiffs alleged that the companies were responsible for the 80-year-old husband's exposure to asbestos during his 30-year steel employment as an electrician and...

Although researchers and medical professionals have known of mesothelioma and asbestos-related illnesses for many decades now, there is still a great deal that is not known about the disease. For example, diagnosing mesothelioma remains a complicated and difficult...

After discovering "isolated surface deposits" of asbestos on the grounds of a former military training camp, the United States Forest Service has reportedly closed portions of the camp to visitors. It is not known how long it will take to clean up the asbestos...

Last week, we began a discussion of the Environmental Protection Agency's recent proposal for the cleanup of asbestos in Libby, Montana, a former mining town in which at least half of the population - and most likely more - has been diagnosed with mesothelioma,...

In recent months, we have written multiple blog posts about the town of Libby, Montana, where 30 years of nearby vermiculite mining has caused the town to be coated with asbestos and hundreds of its residents to be diagnosed with and die of mesothelioma and related...

It is an unfortunate reality that asbestos lawsuits now generally have a bad reputation. The plaintiffs that are genuinely suffering from mesothelioma and similar debilitating diseases are painted as selfish and opportunistic, simply because they choose to fight the...