BASF is one of the largest chemical companies in the world. Business was going well for the company, and it seemed like it had money to burn. As part of its desire to grow and expand, the firm purchased an ownership interest in a company known as the Engelhard Corporation,…
The state of Pennsylvania has had lots of ups and downs in terms of its economy over the past 200 years. The state shifted from an agriculture-based economy to one dominated by mining operations and steel production during the industrial revolution. While central Pennsylvania remained largely agricultural, the eastern part…
Despite the fact that widespread use of asbestos and asbestos-laden products was largely abandoned in the late 1970s, when the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) banned the substance, it continues to be a problem. While the EPA’s ban on asbestos was eventually overturned as unconstitutional, public awareness made continued…
There are several treatment options available for patients who are diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma. The problem with all of these treatment options is they generally do not work very well. Mostly, they are able to sustain a patient’s life for a matter of months, so the victim has longer…
According to a recent feature from ABC News 10, two full-time employees of University of California Davis and five students have decided to blow the whistle on what they consider to be a problem dating back several years. These seven individuals have filed whistleblower complaints with UC Berkeley. All of…
Soto v. BorgWarner Morse TEC, an appeal in the Court of Appeal for the State of California’s Second District, involved a plaintiff who died from asbestos-related mesothelioma. Several surviving family members of the Plaintiff, including plaintiff’s adult children and grandmother, filed the lawsuit against a variety of defendants the family…
Last month, a seven-alarm fire turned a large mill near the city of Worcester, Massachusetts into huge piles of rubble spread out over the large industrial lot. The owner of the lot wishes to demolish the rest of the rubble and clear the lot, but he is currently awaiting the…
According to a recent report from Recycling Today, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) issued a fine of over $36,000 to a recycling company in Millbury, Massachusetts for allegedly violating the Commonwealth’s law regarding the handling and disposal of asbestos and mercury. MassDEP employed both its asbestos program and…
According to a recent news story from The Buffalo News, a New York trial court jury has just awarded a plaintiff $1.42 million in mesothelioma case. The trial lasted nine days, and the plaintiff was a former United States military service member who was exposed to deadly asbestos material during…
Anyone who lives in the Washington, DC area is well aware of the troubles with the aging metro system, which operates much like Boston’s T system. However, unlike in Boston, the subway stations are very deep underground and there are huge escalators to take passengers up and down at the…