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Article: Milwaukee County fights Wisconsin's asbestos lawsuit

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Milwaukee County is the last defendant standing after Professional Service Industries Inc. settled in a state lawsuit over asbestos violations on Milwaukee's courthouse annex demolition.

Milwaukee County, the fifth defendant named in the lawsuit, argues it did no wrong, and its contractors are to blame for violations during the 2005 demolition of the annex.

"We're not in the inspection and remediation business, which is why we hired certified people to do that," said John Schapekahm, Milwaukee County's principal assistant corporate counsel. "The actual amount of the fine, seems to me, ought to reflect how egregious our conduct was. Basically, we tried to do everything we could to stop this ...

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