Monthly Archives: June 2016
How lawyers fight the asbestos industry’s cover-up
In our last two posts, we discussed the wide-spread attempts by the asbestos industry to hide from the public the truth about the health hazards of asbestos. In this post, we are going to show how aggressive lawyers who are…
The asbestos cover-up: a brief history (Part II)
In our previous post, we wrote about the refusal of the asbestos industry to acknowledge the health hazards posed by airborne asbestos fibers. In this post, we will review the ongoing efforts of the asbestos industry to deny these hazards…
The asbestos cover-up: a brief history (Part I)
Most people in North Carolina are aware of the health hazard posed by airborne asbestos fibers. Some know that inhalation of asbestos fibers causes asbestosis and that asbestos is the only known cause of a lethal form of lung cancer…
Court rules that distributor must warn of asbestos hazard
In a ruling that could affect asbestos claimants in North Carolina and elsewhere, a state supreme court has reinstated a jury verdict in favor of a worker who died from exposure to asbestos fibers. The trial court set aside the…
Improper asbestos removal leads to criminal charges
This blog has written repeatedly about the criminal and civil liability faced by private parties in North Carolina and elsewhere who undertake renovation or demolition of older buildings without obtaining permits for asbestos removal or using approved asbestos-removal contractors. A…
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