The health consequences of asbestos exposure stem from a well-established biological process in which inhaled fibers can be ...

A federal judge in Philadelphia has tossed some cases in the multidistrict asbestos litigation against a group of defendants he said couldn't be held liable for the fact that their ...

March 19 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Chicago has dismissed a lawsuit by plastic pipe maker JM Eagle against a U.S. law firm that filed hundreds of asbestos personal injury cases against it. JM ...

Asbestos exposure stands as one of the most widespread, destructive and persistent occupational health disasters of the 20th century.

A 1946 study (PDF) that found that covering pipes with asbestos is not a dangerous occupation is facing a call for retraction ...

With the exception of a drop-off in filings in 2014, asbestos cases in Philadelphia were on the rise. Court statistics provided by Complex Litigation Center director Stanley Thompson showed that 280 ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has affirmed that Pabst Brewing Co. can be held liable for asbestos exposure at its Milwaukee brewery, marking the latest development in long-running litigation brought by ...

120 tonnes of deadly material was on controversial Meridi Street bonfire site when it was lit last July, NIEA confirms ...

Thousands of asbestos-poisoning lawsuits that have been stuck in a decades-long backlog in Baltimore Circuit Court are now being dropped as no longer viable. Plaintiffs attorneys led by the Peter G.