Mesothelioma Blog

  • Potential “Miscarriage of Justice” Causes Judge to Grant New Trial in Mesothelioma Claim

    What happens when the attorney you hire to represent your mesothelioma claim falls so short of what he should do that a judge sees the outcome as a miscarriage of justice? In the case of Emily Everett’s survivors, it leads to a new trial.   Judge Orders New Mesothelioma Trial Based on Additional Evidence and …Read More

  • California Man Awarded $18.8 Million in Mesothelioma Claim Against Johnson & Johnson

    Though almost all of the asbestos-based claims against Johnson & Johnson have been put on hold by the company’s ongoing bankruptcy litigation, a single mesothelioma lawsuit was allowed to move forward because of the plaintiff’s dire condition. This week, a California jury resolved that claim, ordering the manufacturer of the iconic baby powder product to …Read More

  • Difference Between Salvage and Skilled Labor Allows Mesothelioma Claim to Move Forward

    Before it became known that asbestos causes malignant mesothelioma, the material was widely used in a variety of applications including as insulation in commercial boilers. Boiler manufacturer Cleaver-Brooks, Inc. was recently named in a personal injury suit seeking compensation for plumber Ernest G. Smith’s diagnosis with the rare form of cancer. Though the company attempted …Read More

  • Judge Allows Widow’s $5 Million Mesothelioma Award to Stand

    When Thomas Glenn died of malignant mesothelioma, his widow Rita filed claims against several companies that she accused of negligently exposing him to mesothelioma. Among them was Fisher Controls International, and that company was the only one that refused to settle out of court. When the jury decided against Fisher and assessed them millions of …Read More

  • Defendant in Ohio Mesothelioma Lawsuit Accuses Widow of Form of Fraud

    Despite its co-defendants having acknowledged selling asbestos-contaminated products to which a mesothelioma victim would have been exposed, a talc mine accused the widow suing them of a form of fraud meant to keep her case based in the state courts. Despite Vanderbilt Minerals’ attempt to remove the personal injury claim to the U.S. District Court …Read More

  • Safe Work Space at Issue in Mesothelioma Lawsuit

    Mario Ferrari was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma following years of exposure to asbestos. When his son filed a personal lawsuit on behalf of his parents’ estate, he named a general contractor called Structure Tone as a defendant, accusing the company of negligence in the way that they had managed the carcinogenic material on their work …Read More

  • Mesothelioma Victim Awarded $5 Million After Summer Job Exposed him to Asbestos

    As a teenager, Joseph Muir never dreamed that his summer job at the plastics plant where his father worked would lead to a diagnosis with malignant mesothelioma. But between his two years working at Durez Plastics in North Tonawanda, plus exposure to asbestos carried home on his father’s work clothes, he was stricken with the …Read More

  • Mesothelioma and Asbestos Victims on St. Croix Benefit from $106 Million Hess Settlement

    The U.S. Virgin Islands are not generally associated with sickness and death, but residents of St. Croix have suffered for years from asbestosis, mesothelioma, and other asbestos-related diseases. Their illnesses came from having worked at the asbestos-contaminated Limetree Bay refinery on the island’s south shore. For years there have been lawsuits and litigation surrounding the …Read More

  • Repeated Second-Hand Asbestos Exposure Cited in Woman’s Mesothelioma Lawsuit

    Though malignant mesothelioma has long been considered an occupational disease, in recent years many people — and particularly women — have been diagnosed with asbestos-related diseases that come from other sources of exposure. While some cases are caused by asbestos contamination of talc powder products that victims have used throughout their lives, others are blaming …Read More

  • “Egregious” Behavior by Ford’s Attorney Leads to Reopening Mesothelioma Trial

    Malignant mesothelioma is a devastating illness, and those left behind suffer tremendous emotional pain and sorrow. Even in the midst of adversarial court hearings, those mourners are owed respect and fair treatment, but an attorney representing Ford Motor Company in a mesothelioma lawsuit treated a victim’s son so unfairly that the judge hearing the case …Read More

  • Mesothelioma Widow Asks Court to End Ford Motor Company’s Redundant Petitions

    After years of legal battles and multiple hearings, mesothelioma widow Laura Walls was finally able to present her husband’s story to a jury and get justice from Ford Motor Company. But despite repeated losses, the automotive giant is continuing to fight its responsibility for having exposed Robie Walls to asbestos in its truck brake parts. …Read More

  • Lifetime of Talc Exposure Blamed for 42-Year-Old’s Malignant Mesothelioma Death

    According to a lawsuit filed by Christopher Campise, his brother Jeffrey died of malignant mesothelioma after a lifetime of exposure to asbestos. Rather than coming from his workplace as is often the case, the 42-year-old’s exposure came from the talc products his mother used on herself and on him when he was a baby, and …Read More

  • Following Settlement Between Federal Defendant and Mesothelioma Plaintiff, Judge Returns Wrongful Death Claim to State Court

    Monique Mohammed’s father, Alvin Fiffie, died of malignant mesothelioma following years of having worked around and with asbestos. She filed a wrongful death claim against those she held responsible for his death, and her case was successfully removed to federal court by Avondale Shipyards. When Ms. Mohammed settled with Avondale, only state-level defendants remained and …Read More

  • Mesothelioma Victim’s Widow Asks Court for Help with Asbestos Company

    When Roland Cook was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma, he blamed his deadly illness on asbestos exposure from the gaskets he had worked with throughout his career. He and his wife Linda filed a personal injury lawsuit against the gasket manufacturer before he died. Later, the asbestos company’s owner filed for bankruptcy and notified the widow …Read More

  • Pointing to Combination of Products Increasing Risk of Injury, Court Denies Mesothelioma Defendant’s Appeal

    Donald Jordonek died of malignant mesothelioma after years of exposure to asbestos from a number of sources. His estate sued the companies whose products he had worked with as an auto mechanic, including the company that manufactured brake lathes and grinders that he worked with while employed at a Goodyear Tire Service Center. The manufacturer …Read More

  • Court’s Decision Points to Benefits of Experienced Representation in Mesothelioma Claims

    When Roberto Elorreaga died of malignant pleural mesothelioma, his wife and sons continued pursuing his personal injury lawsuit. He’d filed claims against companies that either manufactured of supplied the asbestos-containing equipment to which he’d been exposed during his years working aboard U.S. Navy vessels and in Naval shipyards. Though the companies attempted to have the …Read More

  • Mesothelioma Trial Sees Shipyard Face-Off Against Physician Testimony

    Frank P. Ragusa spent over forty years working as a crane operator at the Avondale Shipyards, and as a result of asbestos exposure at his work site he was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma in 2021. The site’s owners are frequently named in victims’ personal injury lawsuits, and Mr. Ragusa included them in his own quest …Read More

  • Judge Permits Expert Testimony in Mesothelioma Wrongful Death Claim

    Malignant mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Victims and their survivors frequently file personal injury lawsuits against the companies they hold responsible for the exposure, and their claims are supported in court by a wide range of evidence. Testimony from expert witnesses, who offer opinions based on scientific, technical …Read More

  • Mesothelioma Victim Prevails Against Metalclad

    In 2021, a California jury awarded mesothelioma victim Ronald Wilgenbusch and his wife Judith $2.5 million in economic and non-economic damages to be paid by Metalclad and several other companies. When the liability assignments were reapportioned after the trial, Metalclad was made responsible for almost half of the payment. Though the company appealed this decision, …Read More

  • Connecticut Jury Awards $20 Million to Mesothelioma Victim, Punitive Damages Still Being Considered

    John Peckham was exposed to asbestos for just four months, but that was enough time for the mineral to do its damage and lead to the malignant mesothelioma that claimed his life. When he died eleven months after his diagnosis, his widow filed a lawsuit against the two companies she blamed for his exposure. After …Read More