Mesothelioma and Asbestos News - September 2006

New Yorker Says Dad’s Clothing Caused Asbestos Disease
September 29, 2006 - A New York man has filed suit against 106 defendants in Madison County, Illinois, claiming that he developed mesothelioma due to asbestos fibers brought home...

OSHA Probes Capitol Tunnel Asbestos Fiasco
September 29, 2006 - In yet another chapter in the saga of asbestos contamination in the undergrounds tunnels of the U.S. Capitol Building, The Hill reports that federal safety officials are investigating...

Widow of Mine Worker Files Suit
September 29, 2006 - The widow of a long-time West Virginia mine worker has filed suit in Kanawha Circuit Court on behalf of herself and the estate of her deceased husband, Billy Ray Vanhoose.

Australian Man Launches Cross-Continental Asbestos Suit
September 27, 2006 - An 81-year-old man from Queensland, Australia is suing companies in both England and Australia in regards to his developing an asbestos-related disease.

Virginia Man Faces 25 Year Sentence in Asbestos Case
September 27, 2006 - A man from Roanoke, Virginia has been indicted by a federal grand jury for improperly removing and dumping asbestos during renovation of a downtown Roanoke building last year.

England Launches “Don’t Take the Gamble” Campaign
September 27, 2006 - The hundreds upon hundreds of asbestos lawsuits clogging Great Britain’s courts have prompted the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to launch a campaign warning employers...

Officials Ponder Options for Asbestos Clean-Up at Valley Forge
September 26, 2006 - Unfortunately, there’s more than just sacred ground at Pennsylvania’s Valley Forge National Park, known as the site where General George Washington and his troops...

Hardie Pay Raises Unfair, says Australian Treasurer
September 26, 2006 - James Hardie's directors should “meet their obligations to asbestos victims before awarding themselves pay raises,” Peter Costello, treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia...

Smoking and Asbestos Exposure are Deadly Combination
September 26, 2006 - While most people are aware of both the dangers of smoking and of working with asbestos, studies have proven that smokers who are exposed to asbestos...

Owens Corning Settlement Approved for Asbestos Victims
September 25, 2006 - A $5.2 billion settlement approved this week for insulation manufacturer Owens Corning marks the end of a five year stalemate for victims of asbestos exposure caused by the company’s products.

St. Louis Residents at Risk for Exposure
September 25, 2006 - A recent health study conducted near an old W.R. Grace and Company vermiculite plant in St. Louis states that workers and those who lived near the now-defunct plant...

Northern California Man Arrested for Asbestos Crimes
September 25, 2006 - A man from Tracy, California was arrested last week and charged with four counts of violating the federal Clean Air Act by improperly razing an asbestos-filled building in Hayward, California.

WTC Coroners to Check for Asbestos
September 21, 2006 - Under new medical guidelines released on September 19, medical examiners performing autopsies on people suspected of dying from a Ground Zero-related medical problem...

170 Die Waiting for Asbestos Payments
September 21, 2006 - A recent survey completed in Japan states that at least 170 people have died while waiting for a decision on whether they qualify for benefits for asbestos-related diseases...

Owens Corning Emerging from Bankruptcy
September 21, 2006 - Despite the impassioned protests of dozens of asbestos victims, a federal judge approved a plan to allow Toledo, Ohio-based Owens Corning to emerge from bankruptcy within the next month.

Jury Awards $3.9 Million to Navy Veteran
September 20, 2006 - Last week, a Los Angeles, California jury found in favor of the family of U.S. Navy Veteran Joseph Henson Norris in a wrongful death suit against Crane Company of Stamford, Connecticut.

Asbestos Removed from Capitol Tunnel
September 20, 2006 - This past weekend, licensed asbestos abatement workers were scheduled to remove about 1,000 bags of asbestos-containing materials from the Capitol tunnel...

Asbestos Victims Stage Protest Against James Hardie
September 20, 2006 - Angry protestors staged a demonstration outside a meeting of James Hardie shareholders this week in Sydney, Australia, demanding to know when the company would finalize its compensation fund...

Courthouse Closed Due to Asbestos
September 19, 2006 - Inspectors have surmised that vibrations from a ventilation system caused large chunks of asbestos insulation to fall to the floors of the Salinas, California courthouse. 

Japanese Meso Doctors Visit NJ Hospital
September 19, 2006 - A twelve-member delegation of cancer specialists from Japan’s Nara Medical University recently visited Somerset (NJ) Medical Center...

Plastics Molder Wins $18.5 Million in Suit
September 19, 2006 - A former plastics molder who suffers from mesothelioma was awarded $18.5 million in damages in a lawsuit filed against Union Carbide, a former asbestos mining and manufacturing company. 

More Asbestos Suits Filed against Illinois Central
September 18, 2006 - Another 24 individuals in Memphis, TN have filed lawsuits against Illinois Central Railroad, alleging that the company failed to protect them from exposure to asbestos...

Trucks Begin to Remove Soil from Grace Site
September 18, 2006 - Today, huge dump trucks and back hoes began arriving at the former W.R. Grace and Company Zonolite plant in Hamilton, NJ in hopes of clearing away more than 6,000 tons of soil...

Meso Researchers Honored as “Heroes of Chemistry”
September 18, 2006 - Three oncology researchers who led the discovery and development of the first drug approved to treat malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) were recently honored by the American Cancer Society...

Britain Launches Campaign Aimed at Maintenance Workers
September 11, 2006 - After tallying the number of maintenance worker deaths caused by exposure to asbestos, officials in one English town have decided to warn them of the risks caused by their everyday jobs.

British Meso Victims Feel Cheated
September 11, 2006 - Former factory workers at the J W Roberts factory in Armley in Leeds, Britain recently accepted a deal that will award them only twenty percent ...

Teachers Sue for Asbestos Exposure
September 11, 2006 - Two teachers in the United Kingdom town of Sunderland, England are suing for compensation after claiming they contracted cancer by pinning children's work onto school walls that are riddled with asbestos.

Massachusetts Man Files Asbestos Suit in Illinois
September 8, 2006 - An article in the Madison-St Clair Record reports that a man who worked in Massachusetts and Maine for nearly three decades has filed an asbestos suit against 44 defendants in Madison County...

Judge Says WR Grace Trial Won’t Happen until 2007
September 8, 2006 - Judge Donald Molloy, the U.S. District Judge assigned to the high-profile W.R. Grace and Company asbestos litigation case, has told those involved...

Dad’s Work May Have Killed Son
September 7, 2006 - An IBM product and design engineer from England recently died of mesothelioma, possibly as a result of being exposed to the hazardous material from the clothes of his father...

WTC Workers Still Suffer from Lung Problems
September 6, 2006 - The court of San Francisco has now made it mandatory for attorneys to file paperwork electronically for asbestos litigation. 

San Francisco Mandates E-filing for Asbestos Cases
September 4, 2006 - The court of San Francisco has now made it mandatory for attorneys to file paperwork electronically for asbestos litigation. 

Man Receives Meso Compensation on Day of his Death
September 3, 2006 - A U.K. man who was sickened with mesothelioma nearly 6 decades after he worked with the material, recently received word of his success in an asbestos litigation case, only to die a few hours later.

Capitol Workers to be Monitored for Asbestosis
September 3, 2006 - The Architect of the Capitol (AoC), the office that heads up the inner workings of the U.S. Capitol Building physical plant, has announced that they’ve hired a doctor to monitor the health...

Bricklayer, Mechanic File Suit
September 2, 2006 - Two West Virginia men involved in very different jobs have both filed suit claiming to have developed mesothelioma due to on-the-job exposure to asbestos.

Japan Sets Up New Asbestos Fund
September 1, 2006 - In a move that sets Japan apart from so many countries who are still trying to figure out how to deal with the growing problem of asbestos-related diseases...