Settlement approved for town's asbestos victims

Residents of Libby, Montana have finally won a victory in their lengthy fight for retribution for asbestos injuries. For decades, more than 1,300 of the town's 3,000 residents have suffered illness because of asbestos pollution from a former W.R. Grace & Co. mine. Many have come down with a deadly lung disease, making what The Los Angeles Times called the "deadliest Superfund site" in the

Secondary asbestos exposure verdict upheld

A New Jersey appeals court has upheld a $7 million verdict in a case of secondary exposure to asbestos. The verdict went to a woman who claimed she contracted mesothelioma from washing her husband's asbestos-laden clothing when he returned from work at an Exxon Mobil facility. The appellate court upheld the award for Bonnie Anderson, of Berkeley Heights. According to a news report of the case,

New Jersey court upholds big asbestos verdict

An appeals court in New Jersey has upheld a $30.3 million verdict for the family of an employee who died as a result of asbestos exposure. Mark Buttitta worked part-time at an auto parts warehouse in Englewood where brakes and clutches containing asbestos were stored. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2001 and died a year later at the age of 50. General Motors, which operated the warehouse,