<p>In a case brought before the Fifth District Appellate Court, justices ruled in favor of Cynthia Simpkins–of who brought the case regarding her mother’s death, due to secondhand asbestos exposure, against CSX. </p> <p…
<p>Newton, Massachusetts will finish their $197.5 million Newton North High School construction project slightly under budget–despite the cost increase to demolish the old building.</p> <p>Although there had been, originally, a …
<p>Phillip Graf suffered emotional and physical pain before dying of mesothelioma, an asbestos related disease.</p> <p>Graf’s asbestos case is set to start jury trial Monday, June 21 at New Orleans Parish Civil District …
<p>Exposure to asbestos material has residents of La Grange, Illinois concerned. For the former Rich Port YMCA building is contaminated with the toxic material. </p> <p>Asbestos is a group of fibrous rock-forming minerals that occur …
<p>Although citizens of Zanesville, Ohio have gathered in order to discuss ways to prevent the demolition of the old Zanesville High School, it seems as if it won’t be saved.</p> <p>Zanesville’s students will begin …
<p>A Beaumont, Texas fire fighter has returned to his job after battling mesothelioma for the last fourteen months. David Chesser’s battle, however, is yet to be over as he continues to struggle through his asbestos-related disease. </p…
<p>Once purchased by Aggie Development L.L.C., asbestos abatement may occur in a vacant Stillwater, Oklahoma building. The former Katz Department Store was purchased by the City of Stillwater in 2008.</p> <p>Bob Bartmann and Rob Geresi …
<p>Flood damaged homes in Mason City, Iowa must be torn down. However, before the homes are demolished, asbestos abatement must occur.</p> <p>Mason City is now accepting bids for the proper removal and disposal of the hazardous material.…
<p>Three Syracuse men have been sentenced to various prison terms due to their conviction last fall in an illegal asbestos abatement and cover-up operation. The Mancuso family have been found guilty on all counts. </p> <p>Improper …
<p>The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled against Mary Adams’ family in their asbestos lawsuit. Mary passed away in 2007 due to an asbestos related lung disease. </p> <p>Mary’s husband had worked at a Goodyear plant, where …
<p>Federal regulators have found that current safety practices are protecting Bayview, California residents from airborne asbestos particles. Particles that had once been kicked up by redevelopment work at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. </p…
<p>p>Gettysburg’s Kefauver Elementary School may be demolished. The school, built in the 1950s, closed at the end of the 2002-2003 school year. Much work hasn’t been done to the building, and the district is losing money on …
<p>Rudy Buendia III, Patrick Bowman and Joseph Cuellar, all former Firm Build executives, pleaded not guilty on Monday, June 7 to allegations claiming they had exposed high school students to asbestos materials. The students’ families are …
<p>The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has announced that a $7,500 Brownfields grant has been awarded to the City of Globe in order to conduct an asbestos survey on three of the city’s buildings. </p> <p>Globe wishes …
<p>Parents at a Leonia, New Jersey elementary school are up in arms over the school’s plan to remove asbestos material while school is still in session. </p> <p>In order to quell parents’ outrage, Superintendent of …
<p>Saverio Todaro has admitted to putting hundreds of contractors at danger by exposing them to hazardous asbestos material. </p> <p>On March 26, Todara, who owns the company SAF Environmental, admitted to falsely claiming that numerous …
<p>The last of the asbestos (a hazardous material which lies in flooring, insulation and piping) will be removed from Southwest Licking, Newark’s school system this summer. </p> <p>Southwest Licking’s board of …
<p>A man serving a prison sentence for crimes related to the improper handling of asbestos has asked for a furlough from his jail time in order to donate a kidney to his sick son. Alexander Salvagno is serving a 25-year prison term at Fort Dix, New …
<p>In Lowestoft, England, an unknown group of vandals who illegally dumped garbage near a camping site have caused an asbestos scare among the local population. Last week, a local man noticed the dumped material, and spotted what he thought was …
<p>An elementary school in Oregon’s Klamath Falls school system has been slated for demolition. The Henley Elementary School closed four years ago after asbestos was found in the building during roof repairs. Constructed in 1929, by the end …
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