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Asbestos litigation is the longest, most expensive mass tort in U.S. history, involving more than 8,000 defendants and 700,000 claimants. [1] By the early 1990s, "more than half of the 25 largest asbestos manufacturers in the US, including Amatex, Carey-Canada, Celotex, Eagle-Picher, Forty-Eight Insulations, Manville Corporation, National Gypsum, Standard Insulation, Unarco, and UNR Industries ...
The state circuit court dismissed her case. The court ruled that worker's compensation was her exclusive remedy. The Virginia state supreme court overturned the circuit court's decision in 2012. It found that because the Navy was not liable under worker's compensation Gibbs could file suit against Newport News. [3]
Formed from Botetourt, Roanoke, Giles, and Monroe (in present-day West Virginia) Counties: Robert Craig, U.S. Representative from Virginia 4,843: 330 sq mi (855 km 2) Culpeper County: 047: Culpeper: 1749: Culpeper County was established in 1749 from Orange County, Virginia. Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper, colonial proprietary governor ...
The following year, Quebec's government announced a halt to asbestos mining [23] and the federal government announced that it would end its opposition to adding chrysotile asbestos to the list of hazardous substances under the international Rotterdam Convention.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday finalized a rule that would ban using and importing cancer-causing asbestos, a material still used in some vehicles and in some industrial ...
Ashland County Auditor Cindy Funk talked about concerns dealing with employees and the public who are in building when work is being done. County Auditor shares concerns over asbestos removal in ...
Nearly every region in Virginia is represented: 'All are under threat, all irreplaceable and all propose solutions to ensure a viable future' Virginia: Preservation Virginia's 2024 top 10 list ...
This is a list of Superfund sites in Virginia designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law.The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]