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Asbestos appeal dropped, CSX awarded $7.3 million
2014-11-08 10:50:23| Railroads - Topix.net
CSX Transportation announced Thursday it had reached a settlement agreement with attorneys and a radiologist who allegedly filed fraudulent asbestos claims against the company.
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Employers' Asbestos Liabilities Do Not Extend to Workers' Spouses
2014-10-14 00:26:07| Paper - Topix.net
Two federal judges recently dismissed the claims of the spouses of workers who purportedly carried asbestos fibers home from their workplaces. In July 2014, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma dismissed a case alleging that an employer negligently allowed a worker to bring asbestos fibers home on his clothes that caused mesothelioma to develop in his wife, holding that the defendant company was not aware of the danger at the time.
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Landfill Facing Asbestos Concerns During Storm Repairs in Madison County
2014-09-26 06:39:00| Waste Age
<a href="localsyr.com">LocalSyr.com</a> Too small to handle that type of waste, the Madison County landfill is getting swamped with calls from homeowners wondering what to do with materials containing asbestos. Content Classification: Curated read more
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U.S. court revives asbestos fraud case against BASF
2014-09-05 14:19:01| Jewelry - Topix.net
BASF, the world's largest chemicals maker by sales, said it was considering appealing the revival of a U.S. fraud case against it by representatives of alleged asbestos victims. A U.S. appeals court ruled this week that BASF and its former law firm had a case to answer in a class action alleging they conspired to prevent thousands of asbestos-injury victims from obtaining justice by destroying or hiding evidence.
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TX Tosses $12.3M Asbestos Award
2014-08-07 09:45:15| Paper - Topix.net
The Texas Supreme Court has thrown out a $12.3 million jury verdict awarded to the family of a 40-year-old mesothelioma victim who had used an asbestos-containing joint compound as a teenager.
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