Asbestos

The Missouri House has passed legislation designed to reduce the number of asbestos lawsuits filed in the state.The bill would require plaintiffs to…

The Environmental Protection Agency has found no trace of asbestos near the Clemens House in north St. Louis, according to city officials.The mansion,…

Updated after the public meeting on 4-10-2014:The meeting hosted Thursday night by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was supposed to focus on the…

Every year, the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) releases its annual list of so-called “judicial hellholes," a term it uses to refer to civil…

A group that lobbies to make courts friendlier to business says it’s seeing a troubling increase in the number of large product liability cases filed in…

View Larger MapSome streets around a ruptured steam pipe in downtown St. Louis are open again today after final test results for no risk from asbestos.As…

Tests near steam pipe rupture show no asbestosThe St. Louis city health department says tests from buildings around the site of a ruptured steam pipe have…

View Larger MapUpdated 3:54 p.m. with comment from WalkerWe have an update on that steam pipe rupture that happened in downtown St. Louis Thursday…

The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the family of Annette Simpkins of Granite City, Ill., returning her case to the Madison County circuit…