asbestos

A three-judge panel overturned an Okaloosa judge’s decision to grant summary judgment to the maker of automotive brake linings that contained asbestos.

Their accounts contrast sharply with what chemical giants have said about worker safety at their facilities. At an Olin plant outside of McIntosh, Ala., workers recall decades of asbestos exposure.

AP’s review of public documents showed the Army knew that chemicals had been improperly dumped at Fort Ord for decades. Even after the contamination was documented, the Army played down the risks.

While the U.S. considers finally banning the carcinogen, a group of men has come forward, saying they were exposed repeatedly while working at a chemical plant in New York.

The retailer, which markets products to young women, says its products are safe and says the test results "show significant errors." Other independent testers also found asbestos in the products.

Edna House is parting her daughter’s hair into small neat triangle ponytails while the three-year old watches cartoons inside their apartment. The pair...

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. wants the Florida Supreme Court to take up the company's challenge to a more than $9 million verdict in the death of a man…

A South Florida appeals court Wednesday upheld a more than $9 million verdict against Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. in the death of a man who suffered…

In a dispute that focuses heavily on expert witnesses, a divided Florida Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case filed by a man who said he suffered…

Exposure to the tiny fibers in asbestos can lead people who work around the material to develop mesothelioma, a cancer of the thin membranes that line the chest and abdomen.