Mesothelioma Lawyers Blog
According to a recent news feature from the Boston Herald, a landlord who owns multiple rental units in New Bedford, Massachusetts has agreed to pay $100,000 in civil fines. This payment will be made to settle claims filed by the Commonwealth’s Attorney General related to asbestos violations. The allegations were that he was renovating four residences and engaged in illegal asbestos removal during the renovation process.
Specifically, the lawsuit filed in the Suffolk Superior Court in Boston alleges that his contractors knowingly had workers remove material containing deadly asbestos fibers without wearing proper protective clothing and without having ventilators or respirators. The material was then taken out with ordinary construction waste and taken to a landfill instead of being taken to a proper asbestos collection facility that handles this and other hazardous waste. Continue reading