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Asbestos
Asbestos Claims Settled On Eve Of Trial
Sep 23, 2002 | FT.Com
Dozens of multinational companies fighting one of the largest asbestos compensation trials in US history have broken ranks and opted to settle out of...
Asbestos Poisoning Probe Widens
Jun 20, 2002 | AP
Federal health officials said Thursday they are trying to determine whether ore mined in Montana and shipped across the country may have spread...
Halliburton Settles 30 Lawsuits
May 28, 2002 | AP
Halliburton Co. announced Tuesday that it has settled 30 lawsuits that had sought millions of dollars in damages from those with lung cancers...
$1M Asbestos Award Upheld
May 21, 2002 | AP
A Wisconsin state appeals court on Tuesday upheld a $1.05 million award to a woman whose husband died of cancer that a jury found was caused by...
Law Lords Allow Claims For Asbestos-Related Disease When More Than One Employer Is Involved
May 16, 2002 | AP
After years of litigation, hundreds of victims of asbestos-related diseases who were exposed to the mineral fibers by more than one employer won...
Litigation Continues to Be Costly For All Sides
May 5, 2002 | The Daily Press
The ultimate reason that the asbestos litigation system is in trouble today must first start with the unavoidable fact that there is an epidemic of...
Parents Urge School Officials to Halt Repairs
May 5, 2002 | The Baltimore Sun
Four Baltimore County elementary schools have been closed in the past six weeks because of possible asbestos contamination, prompting some parents to...
Swiss Will Hand Over Documents To Italy In Asbestos Probe
Mar 28, 2002 | Dow Jones
Switzerland will hand over documents to Italian authorities regarding the deaths of Italian workers who may have died of asbestos exposure while...
Concerns About Asbestos Lead to Closing of School
Mar 28, 2002 | The Baltimore Sun
Afraid that potentially harmful asbestos could have been released into the air at Johnnycake Elementary School this week, Baltimore County school...
DuPont Ordered to Pay Survivors
Mar 6, 2002 | AP
A Kanawha County jury has ordered DuPont to pay $6.4 million to the family of a man who died after being exposed as a child to asbestos fibers in his...
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