On July 1, 2008, a husband and wife in Texas filed an asbestos related lawsuit against 16 companies. The lawsuit claims that the companies conspired to mine and sell asbestos products in addition to suppressing the information from employees. The husband was diagnosed with mesothelioma as a result of asbestos exposure.

According to the lawsuit, the companies were aware of the danger that was posed to employees and conspired to misrepresent the dangers of the product. The couple also asserts that the companies were aware that the products that were manufactured would be sold without inspection.

The couple is seeking compensation for the emotional and physical consequences of asbestos exposure.

Mesothelioma cancer attorneys are working to help those who have developed serious illnesses due to asbestos exposure.

RLR Investments, LLC was ordered to pay a $227,700 fine due to violating Ohio’s Environmental Protections Agency (EPA) standards regarding asbestos.

The fine was the largest asbestos related civil penalty collected in Ohio.

The case documented violations that occurred in 2003 during a renovation of a Days Inn Hotel. The documented violations included a failure to notify the Ohio EPA of asbestos removal and failure to properly removal all asbestos materials during the renovation.

Asbestos is known to cause serious, life-long illnesses such as asbestosis and mesothelioma. Upon inhalation, asbestos causes inflammation of the lining of the lungs. After a long period of time, the inflammation and scarring causes significant damage to the lungs.

Asbestos cancer attorneys are working to help those who are suffering from serious illness due to asbestos exposure.

On June 23, the United States Supreme Court rejected an appeal made by W. R. Grace & Co. regarding alleged asbestos exposure at a mine in Montana. This decision will allow the federal criminal case against the company to go to trial.

In February 2005, six company executives were charged for violating the federal Clean Air Act. Allegedly, the company negligently allowed asbestos exposure at a vermiculite mine in Libby, Montana.

The Supreme Court also denied an appeal made by the company executives. They can now face up to 15 years in prison if they are found guilty.

Asbestos released at the mine has caused about 2,000 residents to become sick and about 225 deaths in the area have been linked to asbestos exposure.

Asbestos cancer attorneys are working to prevent negligent asbestos exposure.