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Asbestos
Worker's Family Wins $5.2 Million Asbestos Verdict
Feb 24, 2004 | AP
A jury awarded $5.2 million in damages Tuesday to the family of a refinery worker who died of lung disease that he blamed on exposure to...
Report Finds SC Ranks 22nd In Number of Deaths Caused By Asbestos-Related Diseases
Feb 6, 2004 | AP
A new report has found South Carolina ranks 22nd in the nation in the number of deaths caused by diseases related to asbestos.The Environmental...
Dearborn Factory Believed To Have Produced Dangerous Asbestos
Jan 22, 2004 | AP
Federal officials are investigating a plant that may have processed a form of asbestos for nearly 50 years, putting workers and thousands of Michigan...
Weyerhaeuser Asbestos Settlement One Of N.C.'s Largest
Jan 7, 2004 | AP
Weyerhaeuser Co. has paid millions of dollars to more than 400 employees and retirees of its paper mill in Plymouth who developed permanent health...
Asbestos Lawsuit
Jun 13, 2003 | AP
Hundreds of mine workers in Helena, Mont., became ill or died while the state wrongly kept studies secret that documented the dangers of asbestos,...
Asbestos Claim Against State Reaches High Court
Jun 11, 2003 | AP
The Montana Supreme Court will hear arguments later this month in a lawsuit accusing the state of withholding information about asbestos...
Freeport Demolition Brings Asbestos Fear
Apr 23, 2003 | www.news12.com
Freeport residents fear exposure to asbestos after a former hospital is partially demolished and left in shambles for several weeks. Freeport...
Neighborhood Worried About Potential Asbestos Exposure
Apr 22, 2003 | www.firstcoastnews.com
The Florida Department of Transportation purchased several homes just off Martin Luther King Blvd. as part of a $5 million plan to improve access to...
Corning Taking $200M Charge for Asbestos
Mar 29, 2003 | AP
Fiber-optics maker Corning Inc. said Friday it will charge $200 million against its earnings in the first quarter to settle asbestos exposure claims....
Does Your Home Hold Deadly Asbestos?
Feb 17, 2003 | www.koin.com
You've no doubt heard that asbestos is bad. But you haven't heard the disturbing new evidence that this silent poison is hiding undetected in...
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