Mesothelioma Blog

  • 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

  • Statute of Limitations Decision Rests on Who is Filing the Mesothelioma Claim

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently reversed a lower court decision regarding a mesothelioma claim, and in doing so they clarified the importance of understanding on whose behalf a personal injury claim is being filed.  The question revolved around the death of Thomas Deem, an outside marine machinist at the Puget …Read More

  • Auto Parts Company’s Bid to Avoid Mesothelioma Claim Denied

    Frank Labarre died of malignant mesothelioma after decades of working in the automobile repair industry. Over the years he worked as a tire repairman, a salesman, and even owned his own shop, Fleet Tire Service. When he was diagnosed with the deadly illness he filed suit against multiple defendants, including the companies that manufactured and …Read More

  • Tiles Linked to Mesothelioma and Other Asbestos-Related Diseases Subject of Lawsuit

    Asbestos was once a common component of vinyl tiles, and as a result tile manufacturers are frequently named in lawsuits filed by those diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma, asbestosis, and other asbestos-related diseases. In a recent case, The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was named as a defendant in a personal injury lawsuit. The company asked …Read More

  • While Mesothelioma Plaintiffs Wait, Fraud Case Against Johnson & Johnson Allowed to Proceed

    Johnson & Johnson has been named as the defendant in tens of thousands of person injury lawsuits filed by people diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma and ovarian cancer, and by their survivors. Those cases, which blame talc in the company’s popular baby powder product for their illnesses, are all on hold, awaiting the outcome of bankruptcy …Read More

  • Nebraska Woman’s Family Settles Mesothelioma Claim for $260,000

    For years, Donna Grant worked concessions and catering at Lincoln, Nebraska’s Pershing Center, never dreaming that the job would lead to her eventual diagnosis with malignant mesothelioma. Two years after her death, her family has agreed to a $260,000 settlement with the city. The money will pay for her funeral and burial costs and her …Read More

  • Dismissed Mesothelioma Claim Reinstated by Delaware Supreme Court

    A mesothelioma widow seeking justice on behalf of her late husband won an important victory in Delaware’s Supreme Court when the justices overturned a lower court decision that had dismissed her claim. Shelley Droz will now be able to pursue her case against the company she blames for her husband’s illness and death. Suit Claims …Read More

  • UK Mesothelioma Widow Awarded $18 Million in Damages by Florida Jury

    Following years of legal wrangling, mesothelioma widow Roseann Donovan finally got the legal justice she’d fought for. Mrs. Donovan’s late husband Michael had died of the rare asbestos-related disease in 2015, and ever since she has been on a quest to make the American companies she blamed for his death pay. Mesothelioma Victim Had Been …Read More