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Oregon Regulators Crack Down on Hospital

2/21/2013 3:00 PM EST  -   Sokolove Law
Oregon occupational safety and health regulators have fined an acute care facility and a general contractor each more than $25,000 for mishandling asbestos during a recent renovation project.

As this article in the Eugene, Ore. newspaper The Register...

Arizona Schools Violate Asbestos Safety Laws

2/21/2013 2:00 PM EST  -   Sokolove Law
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined six Arizona school districts $94,575 for breaking the federal Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act. Over 15,000 students attend the 25 noncompliant schools, according to this story on CBS...

U.K. Department Store Mishandled Asbestos

2/13/2013 2:00 PM EST  -   Sokolove Law
A British department store chain, Marks & Spencer, in 2011 received a $1.5 million (in U.S. dollars) fine for exposing its workers and customers to asbestos in one of its locations. However, it had been warned a decade ago that it was “breaching asbestos removal guidelines,” in another store in London,...

Asbestos Exposure Once A Major Construction Hazard

2/8/2013 3:00 PM EST  -   Sokolove Law
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Health and Safety Administration's (OSHA) stringent new safety program for residential construction underscores the dangers that construction workers face daily. But the temporary enforcement measures meant to reduce falls — the number one killer of construction...

Mother Dying Because of Asbestos Exposure

2/7/2013 8:00 PM EST  -   Sokolove Law
Asbestos can affect anyone who encounters it: In this case, it's apparently the cause of a 45-year-old United Kingdom mother’s terminal lung cancer.

The patient is Penny...

Asbestos Halts Colorado Fire Cleanup

2/7/2013 7:00 PM EST  -   Sokolove Law
Across the United States, asbestos continues to cause headaches in many ways. As just another example, a Jan. 4 fire at a retail store in Castle Rock, Colo. may have exposed first responders to the asbestos that happened to be in the building.

Nobody even realized the asbestos was present until a...

Son Will Press Late Father’s Asbestos Suit

2/4/2013 4:00 PM EST  -   Sokolove Law
The son of a deceased United Kingdom postal worker has vowed to continue his father’s mesothelioma lawsuit.

Alnwick, England resident John Deeble died...

Japan’s Tsunami Has Asbestos Legacy

2/4/2013 3:00 PM EST  -   Sokolove Law
The 2011 tsunami that rolled over parts of Japan left lingering fears about radioactive fallout from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Unfortunately, the tragedy has left another sinister legacy: the presence of potentially carcinogenic asbestos.

Many tons of asbestos were spread across tsunami-stricken...

Did New Jersey Inmates Work with Asbestos?

2/4/2013 2:00 PM EST  -   Sokolove Law
Last December, the city of Paterson, N.J. had to stop work on a renovation project after potentially dangerous asbestos was detected on the site.

In the fall of 2012, a team that included city public works employees and a group of county inmates began working on a municipal building in Paterson, according...

Major News in Mesothelioma Lawsuits in 2012

2/4/2013 8:44 AM EST  -   Sokolove Law
Sokolove Law urges the public to remember the rights of mesothelioma victims in asbestos-related litigation. During 2012, California enacted noteworthy legislation and a large verdict was awarded in a Delaware mesothelioma claim.
California Limits Deposition Length for Mesothelioma Victims and Others

In a major piece of asbestos-related legislation, the state of California has amended its Code of Civil...