Judge Orders Montana Health Clinic to Pay Nearly $6 Million over False Asbestos Claims July 24, 2023 BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) __ A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination must pay the government...
W.R. Grace Offers $18.5M to Settle Montana Asbestos Claims January 12, 2023 HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The owner of a former vermiculite mine in northwestern Montana that spread harmful asbestos in and...
Special Court Will Oversee Hundreds of Deadly Montana Asbestos Claims December 1, 2017 By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN The Montana Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the creation of a special court to oversee hundreds of claims filed on...
Montana Will Pay $25M to Settle Asbestos Claims January 23, 2017 The state of Montana has reached settlements totaling $25 million with more than 1,000 victims of asbestos-related disease over claims...
EPA, Forest Service Want Permanent Firefighters Near Montana Mine July 20, 2016 The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Forest Service want to station 10 firefighters near Libby, Mont., this summer so...
As EPA Reviews Montana Mine Cleanup, Concerns of Leftover Asbestos Remain November 23, 2015 By MATTHEW BROWN Federal officials say their final analysis of a Montana community wracked by a deadly asbestos contamination shows a costly and...
Health Program for Western Asbestos Victims Expanded February 5, 2014 A pilot program that provides medical and other services to victims of asbestos exposure has been expanded to include 18...
Montana Asbestos Victims Win $43M Settlement September 19, 2011 By MATTHEW BROWN A Montana judge has approved a $43 million settlement for more than a thousand asbestos victims who said state officials...