| Jury awards widow $10 million in asbestos lawsuit
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. A Newport News Circuit Court jury awarded 10-point-4 (m) million dollars to the widow of a former shipyard worker who died of lung cancer after working with materials that contained asbestos. The verdict in Wanda Jones' wrongful death lawsuit came yesterday, the first anniversary of the death of 60-year-old Buddy Jones. She says the award from three companies that made the materials offers "some justice and recognition for what he went through." Her attorney, Robert Hatten, called the verdict a landmark because one-third of the judgment will come from John Crane Incorporated, which has refused to settle other asbestos cases. Ed Mueller, an attorney for John Crane, said the products were safe. He said ... quote ... "I'd take a piece out and put it around my neck and wear it home." The judgment is split with two other companies: Johns Manville Corporation and Garlock Sealing Technologies.
Defense Department Awards Unique Asbestos Destruction Project to A-Conversion, LLC
A-Conversion, LLC, a privately-held New York firm, was given a Department of Defense contract to construct a transportable, modular, asbestos conversion system for field deployment at its installations using the ABCOV Method to destroy its asbestos. The sole-source $1.27 million contract, awarded by the Pentagon's Contracting Command of Excellence, will employ the patented ABCOV Method, a non-thermal, Environmental Protection Agency approved, mechanical-chemical asbestos conversion process, developed by Tony Nocito. "The ABCOV method is an extremely reliable process that has the potential to save taxpayers millions of dollars in future asbestos liabilities," says Nocito. "The development of this transportable, modular asbestos conversion system by the Department of Defense will eliminate the potential danger and costs of transporting asbestos containing materials through their installation's neighborhoods and eliminate the Government's landfill liability," Nocito adds.
DWP announces mesothelioma compensation system
John Hutton today gave details of how the system for compensating sufferers of mesothelioma, the debilitating form of lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, would be improved and speeded up. After working with key stakeholders, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions said interim measures to speed up current claims would be put into action and he was determined to put in place a long-term solution. I am committed to ensuring sufferers of this awful disease, which progresses so rapidly from the time of diagnosis, will get compensation before they die, said Mr Hutton. There are a series of measures we... To continue reading this story please register for free breaking news from http://www.postmagazine.co.uk Username: Password: Remember me .
Crushing cancer on the Relay track
(Editors note: This is the fourth installment in a series for the 11th annual Relay for Life, scheduled for Aug. 4 at the Elk River High School athletic field. For more information about the Relay or to purchase luminary bags for the event, call co-chairs Sandy Slocum, 441-2541, or Joyce Knobbe, 441-1716.) by Susan M.A. Larson
Staff writer Annette Bonin, Otsego, is looking forward to her daughters wedding this October. For too many years, the month of October has been marred by sadness. It was that same month that Bonin lost her sister and father to cancer; its time for the month to have a happy ring to it. It is for her sister and father that Bonin will take to the track Aug. 4 for the 11th annual Relay for Life. I was hesitant to do a team, Bonin admits, because I was afraid it might bring up too many painful memories.
(AFX UK Focus) 2006-07-27 16:56 GMT: Widow wins $10 million in asbestos suit
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AFX) - A jury awarded $10.4 million to the widow of a former shipyard worker who died of lung cancer after four years of working with materials that contained asbestos. The Newport News Circuit Court verdict in Wanda Jones' wrongful death lawsuit against three companies that manufactured the materials was handed down Wednesday, the first anniversary of the death of 60-year-old Buddy Jones. "It's a mixed day," Wanda Jones said. "At least there's been some justice and recognition for what he went through, certainly through no fault of his own. He just went to work and did what he was trained to do on the job." Her attorney, Robert Hatten, called the verdict a landmark because one-third of the judgment will come from John Crane Inc., which has refused to settle other asbestos cases.
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