A University of Maryland nursing professor was awarded $20 million in a case involving second-hand exposure to asbestos.  Jocelyn Farrar is the 57 year old teaching professional who has developed mesothelioma cancer, a disease for which the only known cause is asbestos.  Ms. Farr has undergone a partial pneumonectomy, or lung removal, in an [...]

Two Utica brothers were convicted Friday of environmental violations and fraud relating to their illegal asbestos removal business. The convictions follow a nine day trial in Syracuse federal court.  Paul Mancuso and his younger brother Steven join their 71-year old father Lester who pleaded guilty before the trial.  A third brother, Ronald, also pleaded guilty [...]

A Texas jury awarded $1.2 million this month to the wife of an engineer who died from mesothelioma cancer, allegedly caused by working with asbestos additives to drilling lubricants and cement.   The suit was originally brought by Danny Puckett and his wife; he died earlier this year from the disease – for which the [...]

The Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco has taken a path that the federal courts and several state courts have opted for already, in deciding to create an asbestos “department” within the court administration.  All asbestos cases will be referred to a single judge who will move them through preliminary phases [...]

Researchers at North Carolina State in conjunction with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences have completed a study of the behavior of carbon nanotubes when inhaled by laboratory mice.  Nanotubes are the basic molecular building blocks for nanotechnology, the construction and use of micro-sized devices to be used for medical purposes and [...]