The Avondale shipyard…—which was at one time the largest employer in the state of Louisiana—is still scheduled to be closed in 2013, the CEO of its parent company has stated. Opened in 1938, the shipyard once employed more than 26,000 workers and was the site for the construction of more than 2,500 ships.

More than 75 workers have filed an asbestos lawsuit alleging that the NHL arena they work in contains the deadly material. The lawsuit claims that Nassau County never removed asbestos from the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum—which holds as many as 16,000 fans for New York Islanders games.…

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that insurers are liable from the moment a patient is exposed to asbestos, not when any asbestos-related disease develops. The ruling will enable thousand of patients to file asbestos lawsuits against companies that exposed them to asbestos.…

Lincoln Hall, a famed Australian mountain climber who was left for dead on top of Mount Everest but survived and later returned, has died of mesothelioma at age 56. Hall received the mesothelioma diagnosis in 2011, more than 40 years after he was first exposed to asbestos.…

The death toll from asbestos exposure among former workers at a British train car manufacturer has climbed to 141. Arnie Gomersall—who worked at the York Carriageworks factory for 33 years—died recently from mesothelioma at age 64. Gomersall worked on carriages that contained asbestos.…