Asbestos In The News

Nine years after its use was banned, statistics show that nearly 4,000 people in the UK die each year from the effects of asbestos exposure whilst at work. (PRWeb Nov 27, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/11/prweb1674524.htm

GARY -- In 2002, Rondell Adams was getting tired of his job in retail and looking for a career switch.

CHEYENNE -- A grant for the Casper Area Business Innovation Center Building is one of 40 applications the Wyoming Business Council will deal with Thursday during a meeting in Cheyenne.

The Bangor School Board spent the bulk of its Nov. 19 meeting in preliminary discussion about two issues: formation of a policy concerning release of information in student records and the need for acoustical tile in the new elementary school gymnasium.

Allegheny County common pleas jurists will elect a president after a low-key race for the prestigious job.

On Friday, the High Court ruled in the Employers' Liability Policy "Triggers" Litigation that employers' liability insurers remained liable to pay compensation for mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos in the work place if they insured the employer at the time the exposure occurred.

Air Force officials say more than a mile of steam piping covered in asbestos will be removed from a former base in east-central Illinois. Air Force officials announced on Nov. 20 that they have aw

A sbestos attorney Bobby Hatten had two special guests in the Newport News Circuit Court audience when he was putting on his closing arguments against ExxonMobil Corp. on Monday:

Asbestos cancer victims and their families have won an important test case over compensation for their illness. Six cases were brought against insurance firms that were disputing details of their liability for asbestos-related claims.

Every year, it seems, holiday gift giving takes on the dimensions of an arms race. Families get together, right around this time, to establish spending treaties.