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- Philadelphia Asbestos Verdict $25.2 Million The jury in the case of Baccus v. Crane Co. recently awarded James Baccus’ Estate $25.2 million in compensatory and punitive damages.
- Navy Firefighter Awarded $2.6 Million for Asbestos Related Cancer David Fortier was diagnosed with mesothelioma in October of 2006, and died in June of 2008. He filed a lawsuit shortly after his diagnosis, but he did not live to see his case decided.
- Asbestos Plaintiff’s Body Subpoenaed, Taken from Graveyard Just Before Burial Harold St. John's body was never laid to rest when a court issued a subpoena for his body to collect tissue samples. Chrysler, one of the defendants in the lawsuit, maintains that the proceedings were necessary to obtain additional information about the way Mr. St. John died.
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W.R. Grace & Co. Warned of Asbestos Danger 30 Years Ago
03/24/09 - Rob Locke, a former global vice president of W.R. Grace & Co. testified on behalf of the prosecution in a lawsuit about their active concealment of the dangers of asbestos exposure which came from their insulation products. Formerly a large construction materials company, Grace & Co. operated a vermiculite mine in Libby, Montana which produced raw materials used in insulation, fireproofing, and potting soil. Locke testified that in 1976, tests were done using hamsters exposed to the vermiculite, 10 of which died of mesothelioma. Locke circulated a memo advising the head of the construction products division that he was concerned about the test results. In another memo from 1976, Locke relayed the results of a test where vermiculite was picked up, and dropped with varying speeds inside a large airplane hangar. The study found that microscopic asbestos fibers traveled throughout the entire hangar, and that there was no effective way to stop it from spreading. Locke did not accept an offer of immunity from the prosecution, though he was warned that his testimony could be used against him in a criminal action. Locke further described how W.R. Grace discussed selling the asbestos products in other markets such as Latin America, because of their lack of regulation of construction materials. Read the Bloomberg.com article...
