Archive for October, 2009
Asbestos Suit Names 34 Defendants
Date: admin | 30 October 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Cancer, asbestos, mesothelioma, uncategorized
A lawsuit filed Oct. 21 in Jefferson County District Court blames 34 companies for the death of a man after developing a malignant asbestos-related disease as a result of working around products manufactured by the companies.
The lawsuit was filed by Ginger Sue Goates and Carolyn Sue Blackmon on behalf of Marvin Clyde Goates who died [...]
Brothers Found Guilty in Asbestos Case
Date: admin | 29 October 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Cancer, asbestos, mesothelioma, uncategorized
SYRACUSE, NY – Two Utica brothers have been decided guilty on all counts in a trial concerning asbestos abatement and conspiracy.
The charge against Paul Mancuso, 45, was taking part in an illegal asbestos abatement operation involving removal of the cancer-causing substance from buildings in Utica and north of the city. Paul Mancuso allegedly set up [...]
MassDEP Fines Naggar Realty over Asbestos Violations
Date: admin | 28 October 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Cancer, asbestos, mesothelioma, uncategorized
Naggar Realty LLC has been fined $18,050 by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) over asbestos violations at 563 Massachusetts Ave. in Cambridge.
During an investigation on November 21, 2007, the DEP inspectors found pieces of asbestos-containing floor tiles on the first floor of the commercial property where renovations were being carried out. The company [...]
84 Defendants sued in Asbestos Case
Date: admin | 27 October 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Cancer, asbestos, mesothelioma, uncategorized
Five plaintiffs are suing 84 companies, claiming they or their recently died relatives developed asbestos-related disease as a result of negligence of the defendants.
Alice Faye Galloway, Billy Jean Jones, Floy Elvira Linder, Larry Linder on behalf of the recently deceased Johnnie Melvin Linder and Michael Curtis Whining are the defendants who claim that they or [...]
Contractors indicted over asbestos violation
Date: admin | 26 October 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Cancer, asbestos, mesothelioma, uncategorized
Two men who headed Gordon-Smith Contracting, Inc., an asbestos removal company, have been indicted by a federal grand jury with violations of the Clean Air Act.
According to the indictment, David Vega and Francis Rowe violated asbestos regulations during the demolition of the Genesee Hospital complex. Company owner Keith Gordon-Smith had been indicted with the same [...]
