US seeks to delay W.R. Grace's asbestos case - The Boston Globe: "US seeks to delay W.R. Grace's asbestos case
By The Washington Post August 25, 2006
WASHINGTON -- Federal prosecutors plan to appeal a series of rulings they say will undermine their upcoming conspiracy case against chemical maker W.R. Grace & Co, according to court papers.
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Sign up for: Globe Headlines e-mail Breaking News Alerts William Mercer, the US attorney in Montana, is seeking a delay in the Sept. 11 trial, citing a government appeal of three rulings by US District Court Judge Donald Molloy that significantly hamper the prosecutors' criminal case.
Grace is accused of violating the Clean Air Act and knowingly poisoning former workers and other residents of a Montana mining town with deadly asbestos fibers."