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DALLAS, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Baron & Budd, P.C. announced an approximately $11 million asbestos cancer verdict today for a Dallas family. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of mesothelioma patient and career painter Vernon Walker and wife Patsy Walker. Baron & Budd attorneys John Langdoc and Alana Kalantzakis, who represented the Walkers, proved that, despite continued asbestos industry arguments that their "Chrysotile" and "Calidria" brand asbestos does not cause cancer, Mr. Walker's mesothelioma was caused by his work with asbestos-containing painting products. Mr. Walker, 67, began his career as a grocery store stocker for a humble 50 cents an hour. When given the opportunity to triple his salary, Mr. Walker became a union painter. As a painter he worked in the construction of sky...
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A Department of Health study found no increased rate of asbestos- associated cancer among those living within a two-mile radius of two former vermiculite plants in downtown Salt Lake City. And although the study found significantly increased rates of respiratory and lung cancers there, they doubt the processing plants caused the cancers. People who worked at the plants and their household members, though, were likely exposed to asbestos at levels that could cause concern, health officials say. Now they're hoping that former employees of the two vermiculite facilities will contact them so they can see whether working directly with the material had adverse health effects.
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Workers compensation; asbestos; colon cancer; directed verdict; motion for a new trial
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A Department of Health study found no increased rate of asbestos- associated cancer among those living within a two-mile radius of two former vermiculite plants in downtown Salt Lake City. And although the study found significantly increased rates of respiratory and lung cancers there, they doubt the processing plants caused the cancers. People who worked at the plants and their household members, though, were likely exposed to asbestos at levels that could cause concern, health officials say. Now they're hoping that former employees of the two vermiculite facilities will contact them so they can see whether working directly with the material had adverse health effects.
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OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to extend OMB's approval of the information collection requirements contained in the Asbestos in Construction Standard (29 CFR 1926.1101). The standard protects workers from adverse health effects from occupational exposure to asbestos, including lung cancer, mesothelioma, asbestosis (an emphysema-like condition) and gastrointestinal cancer.
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The city of Dayton gave more than $1 million in construction contracts to a five-time felon in 2009 and 2010, then continued paying him after local environmental officials warned the city his company had demolished vacant buildings without properly removing cancer-causing asbestos, a Dayton Daily News investigation found. The city hired Alex Penland's Cincinnati-based company, AR Environmental Inc., as part of its ongoing effort to rid neighborhoods of dilapidated, vacant structures that pose fire and health hazards. The city did not do a criminal background check on Penland, who served multiple prison terms on Hamilton County convictions that include drug trafficking, assault, tampering with evidence and two weapons charges.
