In our previous post, we wrote about the refusal of the asbestos industry to acknowledge the health hazards posed by airborne asbestos fibers. In this post, we will review the ongoing efforts of the asbestos industry to deny these hazards...
Most people in North Carolina are aware of the health hazard posed by airborne asbestos fibers. Some know that inhalation of asbestos fibers causes asbestosis and that asbestos is the only known cause of a lethal form of lung cancer...
In a ruling that could affect asbestos claimants in North Carolina and elsewhere, a state supreme court has reinstated a jury verdict in favor of a worker who died from exposure to asbestos fibers. The trial court set aside the...
This blog has written repeatedly about the criminal and civil liability faced by private parties in North Carolina and elsewhere who undertake renovation or demolition of older buildings without obtaining permits for asbestos removal or using approved asbestos-removal contractors. A...
North Carolina Los residentes que trabajaron cerca de productos que contienen amianto, como instaladores de tuberías, fontaneros y caldereros, suelen ser las víctimas típicas del amianto. Ahora está surgiendo otra clase de víctimas: las esposas que contrajeron un...
This blog has written about asbestos contractors who face fines and prison sentences for failing to follow proper procedures in removing asbestos and in protecting their workers. A recent federal court trial in Detroit reveals a new variant: asbestos removal...
Most people in North Carolina are familiar with respirator masks, those small paper-like masks that cover the lower half of a person’s face. The masks are sold for a number of different purposes, from preventing inhalation of dust while cleaning...
En un caso que tendrá ecos en los astilleros de North Carolina y otros lugares de la costa este, un jurado de Arizona concedió $17 millones a la familia de un antiguo empleado civil de la Marina de los Estados Unidos que...
One of the most common defense tactics employed by defendants in claims based on exposure to asbestos is to ask the court to grant summary judgment in their favor. Such a motion is based upon the argument that all material...
Many people in North Carolina and elsewhere know that asbestos can cause several forms of lung disease, including an especially deadly type of cancer known as “mesothelioma.” But how, exactly, does this material get into people’s lungs? And how does...