Parents were thinking they were sending their kids to school in complete safety and that they would never be harmed.
'No risk to kids', says council as works spark asbestos fear

Aug 4 2006

By Katie Archer

ASBESTOS is being removed from a school on the Roundshaw Estate over the summer holidays.

Amy Johnson Primary School is undergoing routine maintenance work and, as it is an older building, this involves removing some of the potentially deadly material.

Sutton Council insist the asbestos has been of no danger to pupils' health.

But some residents who saw workers in the school grounds wearing protective white suits were a little worried.

Alan Brunwin, of Roundshaw Residents' Association, said: "I'm quite annoyed that no one was ever informed our teachers and children were at risk... (read more)

The asbestos epidemic continues not only in the U.S. This is a worldwide problem.

The complaint says he worked out of Local 809 at various steel mills, including Weirton Steel and Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel.

Two asbestos cases each list 108 defendants

Friday, August 04, 2006

By John O'Brien - Charleston Bureau

CHARLESTON - Two recently filed asbestos lawsuits each name 108 defendants.

Filed jointly July 26 in Kanawha Circuit Court, the suits were filed through Pittsburgh attorney David Chervenick of Goldberg, Persky and White.

Charles and Nancy Ambrose of Wellsburg are the plaintiffs on the first suit. It says Charles Ambrose, 71, has asbestosis and mesothelioma, two lung diseases related to asbestos exposure, from years of working as a steelworker.

The complaint says he worked out of Local 809 at various steel mills, including Weirton Steel and Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel.

The other suit was filed by Loretta Ullum, individually and as the Executrix of the Estate of William Ullum. It says Ullum died of asbestosis and mesothelioma after years of working as a laborer out of Local 1149.

Both women make loss of consortium claims.

A visiting judge will be assigned the case.

Kanawha Circuit Court case numbers 06-C-1465 and 06-C-1466 (read more)

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