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A $3 million jury verdict in favor of a former Westvaco paper mill employee for alleged asbestos exposure from papermaking machines has been reversed by the Court of Special Appeals. The court ...
“There was a dishwasher, a washing machine, a tumble dryer, a fridge freezer ... called out to reports of fly-tipped corrugated asbestos sheets last week, all found packed into blue bags.
Coulter worked at the then-Crown Zellerbach paper mill from 1946 through 1992. During that time, he was exposed to various asbestos dryer felts, which he helped change on paper machines. Asten Johnson ...
Specifically, the sheet metal and structural steel fabricator faces $273,000 in proposed fines for failing to provide required safeguards for temporary employees who were hired to remove asbestos ...
Mark Minihan said when they bought the site in 2001 the grain dryer had already been phased out at that stage and was no longer in use. Mr Minihan said, “due to the asbestos being located within ...