Archive for September, 2008
Appeals Court Upholds $30.3M Award to Asbestos Victim’s Family
Date: admin | 28 September 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Cancer, asbestos, mesothelioma, uncategorized
Glen Ridge, NJ – The family of a deceased Glen Ridge executive has been awarded a $30.3 million award by a state appeals court on Monday.
Mark Buttitta developed asbestos-related lung cancer after working part-time at an auto parts warehouse in Englewood in the 1970s. He passed away one year after that when he was 50 [...]
Woman Sues 14 Companies over Stepfather’s Asbestos Death
Date: admin | 20 September 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Cancer, asbestos, mesothelioma, uncategorized
CHARLESTON – A Mullens woman is suing 14 defendant corporations, claiming that the company’s are responsible for her stepfather’s asbestos-related death.
Rhonda Thornton-Burrell claims her stepfather Charles Lilly was exposed to high levels of asbestos in products manufactured, sold, designed, supplied, distributed, mined, milled, relabeled, processed, applied or installed by the defendant companies. She has filed [...]
Couple Names 49 Companies in Asbestos Lawsuit
Date: admin | 18 September 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Cancer, asbestos, mesothelioma, uncategorized
Orange, CA – An Orange couple is suing 49 companies claiming that the man developed malignant mesothelioma because the defendants negligently and maliciously exposed him to asbestos all through his career as a refinery worker.
Corbett Duhon, together with his wife Barbara, filed the complaint on 3rd March in Orange County District Court.
According to court documents, [...]
Asbestos Inspector Admits Faking Results for Buildings He Never Visited
Date: admin | 16 September 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Cancer, asbestos, mesothelioma, uncategorized
NY – An asbestos and lead inspector has confessed that he made up numerous test results, putting residents and contractors across the city at risk.
68-year-old Saverio Todaro never came to many buildings he claimed to have tested for asbestos and lead paint from 2001 to 2009. Still his company SAF Environmental collected inspection fees and [...]
Olsen’s Widow Amends Asbestos Lawsuit
Date: admin | 14 September 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Cancer, asbestos, mesothelioma, uncategorized
The widow of Merlin Jay Olsen, a former American football player in the National Football League and an actor, has resubmitted a lawsuit the couple had filed while Olsen was alive, holding studio bosses guilty for the actor developing mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer.
Olsen died at the age of 69 on March 10 after [...]
