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| State Files Complaint against Landfill for Violating Asbestos Regulations | |
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Fri 3/19/2010 Lisbon, OH - State officials have filed a 20-count lawsuit in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court against a salvage company that operates a potentially dangerous landfill. |
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| Texas Man Names 22 Companies in Asbestos Lawsuit | |
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Thu 3/18/2010 A Texas man is suing 22 defendant corporations, alleging that he developed a terminal asbestos-related illness on account of negligence of the companies. |
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| Contractor to Pay $18,500 Fine for Asbestos Violations | |
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Wed 3/17/2010 Defendant Lee Jackson has agreed to pay a penalty of $18,500, $5,000 of which will be paid to the State. $13,500 will be suspended if the defendant does not violate the settlement or State asbestos management and control regulations again within two years of the entry of the settlement agreement. |
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| DEQ cites two Laramie men for asbestos violations | |
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Tue 3/16/2010 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has cited two Laramie men for violation of state asbestos regulations. |
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| City Relocates Workers after Asbestos Discovery | |
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Mon 3/15/2010 SARATOGA SPRINGS – According to city school district officials, city employees have shifted from the field house at the Saratoga Springs East Side Recreation Field following asbestos was discovered in the structure. |
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| Contractor Indicted for Asbestos Violations | |
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Fri 3/12/2010 WORCESTER – A contractor and property management company have been cited for alleged violations in connection with the removal of asbestos from a building at 240 Main St., according to the office of state Attorney General Martha Coakley. |
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| Developer Critical of Asbestos Fine | |
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Thu 3/11/2010 A Vermont real estate developer who agreed earlier this year to pay $10,000 in fines for supposedly violating federal asbestos regulations during a demolition project called his settlement with the EPA “completely wrong and unfair”. |
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| State Agencies Investigate UConn’s Asbestos Mishandling | |
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Wed 3/10/2010 Three state agencies have opened an investigation into asbestos violations that exposed employees at the University of Connecticut to the cancer-causing substance during a renovation of the school president’s office. |
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| Couple Wins $3 Million in Asbestos Case | |
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Tue 3/9/2010 Brownsville, TX – A couple has won $3 million in an asbestos-related case against 3 defendant corporations. |
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| Asbestos Abatement Underway in Winter Garden Theater | |
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Mon 3/8/2010 First round work to tear down the Winter Garden Theater will get under way Tuesday as when asbestos abatement crews starts their job. |
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| Asbestos Victim Wins $11.1 Million | |
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Fri 3/5/2010 A Navy veteran suffering from asbestosis has won more than $1.1 million whereas his wife has been awarded $400,000 for the loss of his companionship. |
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| Asbestos Suit Names 49 Defendants | |
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Thu 3/4/2010 A deceased man’s estate is suing 49 defendant corporations in an asbestos case. |
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| Hannibal city fined for asbestos violations | |
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Wed 3/3/2010 Hannibal, MO – As part of an asbestos-linked settlement agreement with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the Hannibal city will pay a $1,000 penalty. In Tuesday’s meeting, the city council members voted to accept the settlement. |
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| Construction Company Fined for Violating Asbestos Regulations | |
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Tue 3/2/2010 WHITBY – A construction company was issued a huge fine after labor department inspectors found workers had been exposed to asbestos while demolishing a Whitby building. |
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| Property owner and manager charged in asbestos case | |
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Mon 3/1/2010 Two people were criminally charged for illegally removing asbestos, a known carcinogen, from the former Cambria Air Force Station, a Cold War-era military radar site. |
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