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18-Nov-2009
- 'Kiwi's asbestos payout 'paves the way' (The New Zealand Herald)
SYDNEY - An Asbestos compensation award of A$320,000 ($356,000) to a New Zealander has paved the way for victims around the world, a Sydney lawyer says.
- 'W.R. Grace to asbestos victims: You're not sick (Daily Inter Lake)
LIBBY -- Roughly 700 of the 870 Libby area residents enrolled in W.R. Grace's medical plan got letters earlier this month saying they either don't have Asbestos-related disease anymore or may not be as sick as they think they are.
- 'Kiwi wins $320,000 asbestos payout (Stuff)
A Kiwi man with asbestosis who worked as an insulation contractor in New Zealand has won $320,000 compensation in the Australian courts. The payment is believed to be the first in Australia to a New Zealander poisoned by asbestos in this country.
- 'Sept. 9, 2005- EPA plans asbestos risk study for EDH (Mountain Democrat)
SACRAMENTO - Minimizing risk, rather than conducting additional activity-based sampling, should stand at the forefront of asbestos policy, federal Environmental Protection Agency officials said Wednesday.
- 'Asbestos dumping dad and son fined (Sunday Life)
THIS is the shamed father and son convicted over their roles in the illegal dumping of asbestos in a leafy Ulster village.
- 'Hardie faces Pacific asbestos cases (NEWS.com.au)
JAMES Hardie Industries faces a new wave of asbestos disease claims from around the Pacific after a landmark court ruling awarded a New Zealander $300,000 for exposure to Hardie's Australian-made products.
- 'Sept. 12, 2005- Asbestos bill defeated 42-35 (Mountain Democrat)
A fairly narrow defeat Thursday for a state asbestos-control bill should gratify real-estate and construction interests state wide but will have little affect in El Dorado County, where the asbestos issue has dominated thoughts.
- 'Asbestos decision appeal (The New Zealand Herald)
SYDNEY - A company associated with James Hardie Industries is to appeal a landmark judgment awarding a New Zealand man A$320,000 ($356,000) for exposure to Hardie's Australian-made Asbestos products.
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