According to an article in Michigan’s Morning Sun Newspaper last week, the last asbestos should be out of Mt. Pleasant Public School buildings by the end of the summer, according […]
Month: May 2012
Whitehall Man with Two Defective Hip Implants Wants to be Heard by the FDA
Whitehall resident Steve Lorenz was just adjusting to his second hip surgery when he received a letter from Johnson & Johnson announced it was recalling thousands of its metal-on-metal hip […]
Citadel Plaza Real Estate Director Sentenced in Asbestos Case
Anthony Crompton, the former real estate director of a nonprofit agency that contaminated a Kansas City development site with asbestos, was sentenced Tuesday to a half-way house and federal probation, […]
Johnson &Johnson Hip Patients Take Lawsuits to Trial
Patients with Johnson & Johnson recalled hip implants will start going to trial later this year to determine damages and liability in more than 6,000 lawsuits. DePuy recalled 93,000 ASR […]
First Trial in Federal Litigation Set to Start in February in C.R. Bard Transvaginal Mesh Injury Lawsuits
The first trial in the C.R. Bard Inc. Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation (MDL 2187) has been set to start on February 5, 2013. To date, 600 lawsuits naming […]
Appeals Court Reinstated Asbestos Lawsuits
A California state appeals court reinstated San Francisco lawsuits by asbestos victims this week against a manufacturer of brake shoe grinding machines that released asbestos fibers from brake linings, according […]
Asbestos Advocacy Lobbying Group Closes Operations
The Chrysotile Institute, a pro-asbestos lobbying group, currently funded by the Quebec government, will be closing after notifying the Canadian federal government of its plan to dissolve, as reported by […]