by Associated Press Published: August 21,2012
Tags: asbestos, cleanup, defense, energy, military, mustartd gas, Oil, oil spill, outdoors, pollution
GULF OF MEXICO — The Gulf Islands National Seashore has closed about 30 acres of Horn Island to the public indefinitely after BP cleanup workers discovered tiles containing asbestos. GINS superintendent Dan Brown says one of 12 areas tested at that site also came back positive for mustard gas. Brown says the hazardous materials are [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 29,2012
Tags: appeal, asbestos, attorneys, courts, fraud, law, lawyers, railroads, sentence, sentencing, verdict
MCCOMB — A federal appeals court panel has upheld a $420,000 verdict against two Mississippi lawyers accused of committing fraud during an asbestos lawsuit they filed in 2001. McComb attorneys William Guy and Thomas Brock sued Illinois Central Railroad Company on behalf of former employees who claimed asbestos made them sick. The railroad company later [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 13,2012
Tags: asbestos, attorneys, courts, fraud, health, health care, judges, judicial branch, judiciary, law, lawyers, rail lines, railroads, railways, trains
HOUSTON, Texas — Two Mississippi plaintiffs lawyers, including a former state lawmaker, have appealed a verdict that they committed fraud during an asbestos lawsuit they filed in 2001. A federal jury in Mississippi decided in 2010 that the lawyers should pay Illinois Central Railroad Company $420,000 in damages. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals [...] [...]
SMITH COUNTY — A Mississippi judge has thrown out a $322-million lawsuit verdict that had been hailed as the largest asbestos award for a single plaintiff in U.S. history. The case began to unravel for the plaintiff after defense lawyers asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to remove the original judge because he allegedly neglected to [...] [...]
JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court has halted all proceedings in an asbestos case until it determines whether the trial judge should have stepped down. The case resulted in a $322-million verdict. In an order signed July 12, Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr. granted a petition filed by Union Carbide for a review of whether [...] [...]
NATCHEZ — A federal jury in Natchez found that Mississippi plaintiffs’ attorneys William Guy and Thomas Brock committed fraud and breached the duty of good faith and fair dealing in asbestos claims they filed against Illinois Central Railroad, according to the railroad. The plaintiffs’ lawyers filed lawsuits on behalf of two individuals who had already [...] [...]
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