Archive for January, 2010
Asbestos Victim Wins $9.936 M
Date: admin | 28 January 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Cancer, asbestos, mesothelioma, uncategorized
Baltimore, MD – The son of a merchant mariner, who developed malignant mesothelioma due to secondary exposure to asbestos fibers from his father’s work clothes, has been awarded $9.936 million by a Baltimore City jury.
Leroy Conway, Jr. was exposed to asbestos fibers more than three decades ago when he was only ten years old. His [...]
Oklahoma Man Files Asbestos Lawsuit
Date: admin | 27 January 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Cancer, asbestos, mesothelioma, uncategorized
An Oklahoma man is suing several defendants in an asbestos case filed in Madison County District Court one week back.
Danny Elling claims he developed asbestos-related lung cancer as a result of his work with various companies as a plumber, carpenter, pipefitter and supervisor.
According to the lawsuit, Danny worked as a plumber at Archie Dupler Plumbing [...]
Woman files asbestos-lawsuit on behalf of deceased husband
Date: admin | 26 January 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Cancer, asbestos, mesothelioma, uncategorized
A woman from Henderson County is suing 8 defendant corporations, alleging that her deceased husband had developed asbestos-related lung cancer due to negligence of the companies.
According to Katherine Brashers, Michael B. Brashers was diagnosed with the disease in April 2008 and died of it on April 27, 2008. The woman has filed a lawsuit on [...]
Chevron Sued in Asbestos Case
Date: admin | 25 January 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Cancer, asbestos, mesothelioma, uncategorized
Four Texas residents are suing Chevron in an asbestos case, claiming that the pulmonary asbestosis and lung cancer with which their deceased husband and father was diagnosed was caused by negligence of the company.
According to Vergie Foreman, Clara Foreman, Darrell Foreman and Darnell Foreman, Jesse Foreman died from the diseases on March 21, 2008. The [...]
KSC professor Sentenced on Asbestos Charge
Date: admin | 22 January 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Cancer, asbestos, mesothelioma, uncategorized
A 63-year-old College professor has pleaded guilty to illegally disposing of asbestos in a commercial trash bin of Keene State College.
Lourdes Ramirez-Crusellas, who has been a Spanish language professor at Keene State since 1975, convicted of two counts of misdemeanor reckless conduct in a hearing Wednesday at Cheshire County Superior Court.
Ramirez-Crusellas was sentenced to 12 [...]
