Several former U.S. Navy Workers have filed and asbestos lawsuit disputing the claimthey recieved is inadequate because of discriminatory practices of the trust they are dealing with.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the workers - who hail from Greece, England, and Malta - claim theycontracted
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A Kentucky man who served in the Navy for nearly 30 years as a fireman and boiler tender and now has mesothelioma was recently awarded a $32 million asbestos settlement for injuries and pain/suffering by a New York jury, according to WSAZ-TV report.
Ronald Dummitt wasawarded
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Recent cold weather has led waterlines to rupture in more than 500 Fort Bliss military homes located in El Paso County, Texas. In the South Main Post neighborhood where the homes were built in the 1960’s, repair workers discovered that the waterlines were insulated with asbestos. Of the 146 homes,which
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Late last summer, Sunriver Resort property owners in central Oregon filed a $3.2 million asbestos lawsuit against the federal government and six previous owners of part of their land after asbestos-contaminated soil was discovered during the planning of Sunriver’s new aquatic center. In related news coming out last Friday, theSunriver
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Grady Biby of Kalamazoo, Michigan passed away on February 3, 2010 from mesothelioma. He was 69 years old. Mr. Biby was diagnosed with mesothelioma in early 2009, and was believed to have been brought about by his 20 year service in the United States Navy, specifically his service on boardsubmarines.
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