With the pre-trial motions in the W.R. Grace Trial underway jury selection is close at hand and attorneys for both sides have been given a list of eighty prospective jurors for the trial. The judge presiding over the trial, United States District Judge Donald W. Molloy, has notified the attorneys that he will be the one to question the prospective jurors.

W.R. Grace is one of the multiple owners of the vermiculite mine in Libby, Montana. Vermiculite mined from the location is alleged to be highly contaminated with asbestos. Many individuals who worked in or around the mine have since developed asbestos-related health problems and a number of them have passed away due to asbestos caused diseases.

Diseases caused by asbestos exposure include mesothelioma, asbestosis, and lung cancer. Because these diseases tend to have a long latency period it is very difficult to find effective treatment options for those inflicted. In most cases such a disease will have already reached its advanced stages of development by the time diagnosis occurs.

The federal suit against Grace alleges that the company as well as others with interest in the company knowingly concealed the dangers associated with the release of asbestos-containing dust from the mine.

The trial is scheduled to take off on February 19, 2009 in Missoula, Montana.

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