Tag Archives: VAG
Vermont Supreme Court Rules Prive Can Sue VAG President Over Asbestos Dumping
On Friday, January 15, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled that regional landowner Leonard Prive can sue the Vermont Asbestos Group’s (VAG’s) president for contamination of his property in Eden and Lowell as a result of discarded asbestos tailings from the former VAG mine on Belvidere Mountain in northern Vermont. It is a landmark ruling, based [...]
Vermont Says Asbestos Deaths Linked to Jobs Not Location
According to the Vermont Health Department, the deaths of five people from asbestosis are linked not to their having lived near the now-closed Belvidere Mountain mine in northern Vermont, but to their former employment. The Health Department report indicates that three of the five deceased – all of whom died between 1996 and 2005 – [...]
