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Montana asbestos clinic seeks to reverse $6M in fines, penalties over false claims
4 months ago

Montana asbestos clinic seeks to reverse $6M in fines, penalties over false claims

The Independent  

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Victims of Montana asbestos pollution that killed hundreds take Warren Buffett’s railroad to court
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Victims of Montana asbestos pollution that killed hundreds take Warren Buffett’s railroad to court

Associated Press  

— Paul Resch remembers playing baseball as a kid on a field constructed from asbestos-tainted vermiculite, mere yards from railroad tracks where trains kicked up clouds of dust as they hauled the contaminated material from a mountaintop mine through the northwestern Montana town of Libby. “There was piles of it along the railroad tracks.. You would get clouds of dust …

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Montana clinic files for bankruptcy following $6 million judgment over false asbestos claims
1 year, 4 months ago

Montana clinic files for bankruptcy following $6 million judgment over false asbestos claims

Associated Press  

— A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination has filed for bankruptcy protection after a judge ordered it to pay the government almost $6 million in penalties and damages for submitting hundreds of false claims for benefits. The federal bankruptcy filing, submitted Tuesday, will allow the Center for Asbestos Related Disease clinic in the small …

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Judge orders Montana health clinic to pay nearly $6 million over false asbestos claims
1 year, 5 months ago

Judge orders Montana health clinic to pay nearly $6 million over false asbestos claims

Associated Press  

— A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination must pay the government almost $6 million in penalties and damages after it submitted hundreds of false asbestos claims, a judge ruled. The federally funded clinic has been at the forefront of the medical response to deadly pollution from mining near Libby, Montana The judgement against the …

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Health clinic in Montana Superfund town faces penalties for false asbestos claims
1 year, 5 months ago

Health clinic in Montana Superfund town faces penalties for false asbestos claims

Associated Press  

— A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination faces millions of dollars in penalties — and potential bankruptcy — after a jury found it submitted more than 300 false asbestos claims to the U.S. government, making patients eligible for Medicare and other benefits they shouldn’t have received. A seven-person jury said Wednesday night that the …

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Jury says health clinic in Montana Superfund town submitted 337 false asbestos claims
1 year, 5 months ago

Jury says health clinic in Montana Superfund town submitted 337 false asbestos claims

Associated Press  

— A federal jury ruled Wednesday that a health clinic in a Montana town where hundreds of people have died from asbestos exposure submitted 337 false asbestos claims that made patients eligible for Medicare and other benefits they shouldn’t have received. BNSF’s lawsuit alleged CARD submitted more than 300 false claims on behalf of patients without getting outside confirmation that …

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W.R. Grace offers $18.5M to settle Montana asbestos claims
1 year, 11 months ago

W.R. Grace offers $18.5M to settle Montana asbestos claims

Associated Press  

— The owner of a former vermiculite mine in northwestern Montana that spread harmful asbestos in and around the town of Libby has offered $18.5 million to settle the last of the state’s claims for environmental damages, Gov. The proposed settlement was filed in W.R. Grace & Co.'s bankruptcy case in Delaware for the Libby Asbestos Superfund Site in Lincoln …

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EPA moves to end asbestos cleanup along Montana railroad
2 years, 9 months ago

EPA moves to end asbestos cleanup along Montana railroad

Associated Press  

— Environmental regulators are moving to end a years-long cleanup along dozens of miles of railroad in two northwestern Montana communities where lung-damaging asbestos from mining has been blamed in hundreds of deaths. After two decades of site investigations and cleanup efforts, the Environmental Protection Agency and Montana Department of Environmental Quality are proposing to end their work at railyards …

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COVID-19 Stalks A Montana Town Already Grappling With Asbestos Disease
4 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19 Stalks A Montana Town Already Grappling With Asbestos Disease

NPR  

COVID-19 Stalks A Montana Town Already Grappling With Asbestos Disease Enlarge this image toggle caption Nate Hegyi / Mountain West News Bureau Nate Hegyi / Mountain West News Bureau Frank Fahland has spent most days since the pandemic began at the site of his dream house, working to finish a 15-year labor of love while keeping away from town and …

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US transfers care for towns polluted with asbestos to state
4 years, 5 months ago

US transfers care for towns polluted with asbestos to state

Associated Press  

— State regulators are taking over maintenance of a decades-long environmental cleanup in two northwestern Montana towns where lung-damaging asbestos contamination has been blamed in hundreds of deaths. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday transferred responsibility for protecting the towns of Libby and Troy from further contamination to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality. Cleanup work began in 2000, …

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