Asbestos-containing vermiculite from the Grace mine was used as insulation in millions of houses across the U.S. In Libby, contaminated waste from the mine was unwittingly used by many residents as a ...

MISSOULA - W.R. Grace & Co. and three former executives were acquitted Friday of federal charges that they knowingly allowed human exposure to asbestos in Libby, the northwestern Montana town near a ...

Jurors in the W.R. Grace & Co. criminal trial on Thursday heard testimony from a toxicologist who oversaw a chest X-ray study among a group of Libby miners. The study, which was commissioned by Grace ...

W.R. Grace & Co. said Monday it has reached an agreement to resolve current and future asbestos claims against the company, which would allow it to emerge from bankruptcy without further obligations ...

HELENA - A federal appeals court has upheld an order requiring W.R. Grace & Co. to pay the government $54.5 million for asbestos cleanup in Libby. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday ...

The Supreme Court yesterday declined to hear an appeal by W.R. Grace in a criminal case brought by the government over the company's alleged release of asbestos from a Montana mine. Federal ...

WASHINGTON -- Libby residents would receive special treatment in a bill that aims to stanch the flood of lawsuits related to asbestos exposure. The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to take up ...

HELENA – For residents of Libby ravaged by asbestos-related diseases, U.S. Sen. Max Baucus has delivered on health care – including special government coverage like nowhere else in America. “Just ...

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ordered the company that operated a Libby, Mont., vermiculite mine to repay $54.5 million the federal government has spent investigating and cleaning up the ...

The Montana House passed legislation this week that could jeopardize hundreds of wrongful death and contamination lawsuits related to the Libby Asbestos Superfund Site. In a Feb. 4 House Judiciary ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – A proposed standard for federal cleanup of asbestos contamination in a Montana town concludes that even a tiny amount of the material can lead to lung problems _ a benchmark far ...

Long before she joined a major legal case for asbestos victims, Joyce Walder had a bold streak, according to her sister, Judith Hemphill. On a recent Monday in October, walking through the forests of ...