Two Companies Compensating Quarter of a Million in Asbestos Case

The Hartford Courant reported today (Feb 6), that the Federal authorities fined two firms for mishandling asbestos in building renovation in New Haven in 2002.

The companies are Anderson-Wilcox Corp., and Cutting Edge Concepts LLC. The whopping fine the defendants will have to pay is 300,000 dollars. The settlement was made with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Attorney office of Connecticut.