Mesothelioma Blog

  • Mesothelioma Suit Against Colgate Palmolive to Move Forward

    Though the majority of mesothelioma claims are filed against industrial manufacturers and suppliers that produced or sold items like brake linings, insulation, floor and ceiling tiles, and shipyard materials components, an increasing number of victims are coming forward and naming a different type of product and defendant. Consumer giants, including Johnson & Johnson and others, …Read More

  • Judge Denies U.S. Steel’s Request to Move Mesothelioma Case from New York Courts

    When 84-year-old Navy veteran Gerald Wagner was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma, it wasn’t hard for him to figure out how he’d gotten the disease. Not only had he been exposed to asbestos when he’d served in the U.S. Navy, but he’d also followed his service with years onboard an asbestos-contaminated freighter. When he named U.S. …Read More

  • Failure of 3M Mask Blamed for Mesothelioma

    Protective gear can be an invaluable tool in the fight against mesothelioma, but only if it works. The failure of a 3M mask to block asbestos, and the company’s knowledge of their product’s defects, was the focus of a recent lawsuit, and though the victim lost his original case, an appeals court has ordered that …Read More

  • Judge Cites Rules of Evidence in Ruling for Mesothelioma Victim

    After 81-year-old Anastasios E. Katechis died of malignant mesothelioma, his widow Agathi filed a personal injury claim against Allied Building Products Corporations, as well as several other companies that she blamed for having exposed him to asbestos. Though Allied tried to have the case against them dismissed based on decades-old testimony, the judge hearing the …Read More

  • Woman’s Mesothelioma Death Blamed on Asbestos-Contaminated Home Renovation Products

    Imagine being diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma with absolutely no known exposure to asbestos. You didn’t work with the material and neither did anybody in your family, and you didn’t live anywhere near an asbestos mine or plant. Only after extensive research is the mystery solved: the asbestos came from the joint compound used fifty years …Read More

  • In Case Against Westinghouse, Woman’s Mesothelioma Blamed on Asbestos from Stepfather’s Clothing

    Every mesothelioma death is a tragedy, but among the most heart wrenching stories are those where the victims have never worked with or near asbestos, and instead were exposed inadvertently by a family member. That’s what happened to Ann Stadtler. Her family points to asbestos carried into her childhood home on her stepfather’s work clothes …Read More

  • Dental Supply Salesman’s Mesothelioma Death Blamed on Asbestos Soldering Blocks

    Karl Beierschmitt died of malignant mesothelioma after years of exposure to asbestos products. He had been a dental specialist and dental supply salesman, and part of his work involved the use of asbestos soldering blocks sold by Grobet File Company of America’s predecessor William Dixon Company. When Mr. Beierschmitt and his family sued the company …Read More

  • Family Awarded $3.8 Million After Employer is Blamed for Grandfather’s Mesothelioma Death

    Before his diagnosis with malignant mesothelioma, Daniel Rugg was an avid outdoorsman who played a huge role in the life of his family, and particularly in the lives of his grandchildren. But years of exposure to asbestos put an early end to Mr. Rugg’s life, and a Pennsylvania jury ordered his former employer to pay …Read More

  • Judge Chafes at Asbestos Company’s Objections to Mesothelioma Claims Language

    When Honeywell International’s attorney complained about mesothelioma claims being paid too easily by its own asbestos bankruptcy trust, a Pennsylvania bankruptcy judge pushed back hard. At issue was the language that the trust’s administrators were deeming acceptable on victims’ claims. Asbestos Bankruptcy Trusts Are Set Up to Make the Mesothelioma Claims Process Easier Asbestos bankruptcy …Read More

  • Judge’s Dissent Highlights Asbestos Company’s Knowledge of Mesothelioma Risk

    79-year-old mesothelioma victim Willie McNeal Jr. prevailed in his lawsuit against talc manufacturer Whittaker Clark & Daniels, but the company was successful in having a $3 million punitive damages award vacated. One member of the California appeals court sharply rejected the reasoning offered by his colleagues, noting the talc company’s clear attempt to conceal the …Read More

  • Mesothelioma from Take-Home Exposure Creates Liability for Shipyard

    Upon diagnosis, the first thing that most mesothelioma victims learn is that their disease was entirely preventable, and that the companies that exposed them to asbestos were aware of its dangers. Despite this, many of these companies are protected from legal responsibility by federal laws. In a case currently making its way through the judicial …Read More

  • Louisiana Jury Delivers Record-Breaking $37.6 Million Mesothelioma Award

    Countless mesothelioma victims have filed personal injury lawsuits against the companies that exposed them to asbestos, and juries have awarded them significant awards to compensate them for the damages that they’ve suffered. In a recent case, a Louisiana jury awarded a former union welder and his family a record-breaking $37.6 million in damages. Welder’s Story …Read More

  • Asbestos Company Tries to Sue Judge That Ruled Against them in Mesothelioma Case

    When the family of a longshoreman who died of mesothelioma filed a lawsuit against Ports America Gulfport, the company did what many asbestos defendants do: they filed a motion for summary judgment, asking the court to have the case against them dismissed. But when the state court judge in the case denied their request, as …Read More

  • Mesothelioma Widow’s Claim Against Brake Manufacturer Restored

    Though a lower court had initially agreed with an asbestos company and dismissed the mesothelioma claim against them, a California appeals court overturned that decision, allowing a mesothelioma widow’s claim against them.  Rail Vehicle Brake Company Accused of Negligence in Mesothelioma Lawsuit The mesothelioma lawsuit was filed by Susan Hahn, the widow of mesothelioma victim …Read More

  • Despite General Electric’s Arguments, Mesothelioma Lawsuit Will Proceed

    One of the most daunting aspects of pursuing a mesothelioma lawsuit is the fact that the companies named as defendants are often some of the world’s biggest corporations. But victims of asbestos deserve justice, and the courts give ordinary people the opportunity to stand up and be heard. In a recent case, a Navy veteran …Read More

  • Asbestos Companies Use Invasive Legal Strategy Against Mesothelioma Claim

    Ever since malignant mesothelioma was found to be caused by exposure to asbestos, people diagnosed with the disease have successfully sued asbestos companies for their failure to warn them about or protect them from exposure. Billions of dollars have been awarded, and the defendants have gotten increasingly creative in their legal strategies. Most recently, some …Read More

  • Navy Veteran’s Mesothelioma Claim Will be Heard, Despite Asbestos Company’s Objections

    While a federal judge acknowledged that it’s not clear whether Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation was at fault in a Navy veteran’s fatal malignant mesothelioma, he also said that it’s impossible to eliminate the possibility based on the facts in the case. As a result, he denied the company’s motion to have the case dismissed and …Read More

  • Merchant Marine Dies After Years of Fearing Asbestos-Related Cancer

    In November of 2020, Carlo G. Badamo died of asbestos-related lung cancer. He had been diagnosed with the disease on August 9th of 2017, and on July 28, 2020 he filed a lawsuit under the Jones Act against Chevron, Chiquita Brands, and other defendants, accusing them of having exposed him to the asbestos that caused …Read More

  • Maintenance Worker Defeats Asbestos Company’s Bid to Dismiss Mesothelioma Lawsuit

    From the 1950s through the 1980s, Augustus A. Adams worked for E.I. duPont de Nemours as a maintenance worker and insulator, and it was that work that exposed him to the asbestos that caused his malignant mesothelioma. He and his wife Diane filed suit against the many companies that supplied asbestos-contaminated equipment to his employer, …Read More

  • $13.5 Million Mesothelioma Verdict Stands Despite Asbestos Company’s Appeal

    Washington state resident Raymond Budd blames his malignant mesothelioma on the joint compound that he used while working for his father and uncle’s drywall business from 1962 to 1972. When he and his wife sued the joint compound’s manufacturer, they were awarded $13.5 million by a King County jury. Though the company appealed the verdict, …Read More