Asbestos at Schools in Maryland

In November 2008, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it had settled four cases involving safe asbestos management in schools in Maryland. The cases involved private and parochial schools in the Baltimore and Kingsville areas, as well as a public school district in Dorchester County. The schools were charged with violations of the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) with regard to the inspection and management of asbestos-containing materials.

The schools were charged with failure to include all school buildings in the management plan, failure to conduct an initial inspection of all school buildings to determine if there was any asbestos located in the facility, failure to submit an asbestos management plan, failure to conduct reinspections of all asbestos every three years, and failure to provide annual notification of the management plan to parents, teachers, and employee organizations.

Exposure to asbestos is known to cause serious diseases such as mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer and asbestosis.

Weitz & Luxenberg is a leading plaintiffs' law firm that has represented people affected by mesothelioma for over 20 years. Men and women diagnosed with mesothelioma caused by asbestos exposure may be entitled to compensation from the companies responsible for their disease.

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