Mesothelioma Blog

  • Can A Mesothelioma Victim Sue a Foreign Asbestos Company?

    Being diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma is a challenging and painful experience. At the same time that they’re dealing with the pain of the disease and the shortcomings of available treatments, victims are also faced with questions about pursuing legal action against those responsible for their exposure to asbestos. With many asbestos-contaminated products being manufactured outside …Read More

  • After Navy Veteran’s Mesothelioma Death, Widow Pursues Justice

    Years before being diagnosed with the malignant mesothelioma that eventually claimed his life, Peter Allen had served as an electrician’s mate in the U.S. Navy onboard the LST 528 (later renamed the U.S.S. Catahoula Parish) and the U.S.S. Marquette. Blaming asbestos-contaminated boilers onboard those ships for his illness, his widow Lorraine filed suit against their …Read More

  • Appeals Court Upholds Widow’s Compensation in Mesothelioma Case

    After a tortuous journey through the California court system that included a decision from the California Supreme Court, the last question about a mesothelioma claim was resolved by the state’s Court of Appeal. The judges sided with Cynthia Hart, allowing the widow to receive the compensation she had previously been awarded by a jury. They …Read More

  • “Illogical” Decision by Jury Leads to Mesothelioma Claim Being Reopened

    Imagine filing a mesothelioma lawsuit against the asbestos companies responsible for your exposure to asbestos, and then having the jury become so confused by the evidence presented that they deliver a factually impossible verdict. That is exactly what happened to the family of Jerry R. Bagwell in their pursuit of justice. Fortunately, the Court of …Read More

  • Does an Old Asbestosis Settlement Eliminate Your Rights to a Mesothelioma Claim?

    Many people are diagnosed with asbestosis and receive compensation for that diagnosis, only to later be diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma, a far more serious asbestos-related disease. A case recently heard in the state of Louisiana makes clear that victims who receive funds for the earlier illness are not blocked from filing claims for a subsequent …Read More

  • $10 Million Award After Peritoneal Mesothelioma is Blamed on Asbestos in Brake Gaskets

    Five years after being diagnosed with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma, Marlena Robaey died of the disease at the age of 68. Before her death, she and her husband filed suit against the companies they blamed for her illness. Though their original jury award of over $75 million was struck down as unreasonable, the appeals court upheld …Read More

  • Asbestos-Contaminated Cooling Towers Blamed for Air Conditioning Contractor’s Mesothelioma

    Charles Vincent died of malignant pleural mesothelioma after spending most of his working life around air conditioning cooling towers. He believed that asbestos that contaminated the towers’ parts was responsible for his illness and filed a claim against Baltimore Aircoil Company (BAC) seeking compensation for the harms that he suffered due to their negligence. The …Read More

  • Company’s Attempt to Blame Mesothelioma on Childhood Asbestos Exposure Fails

    Whittaker Clark and Daniels is a talc supply company that has faced multiple mesothelioma lawsuits. The company provided talc that was used in many consumer products, including Clubman talc. Despite significant evidence that they knew their product was contaminated with asbestos, the company continues to fight claims of negligence, even blaming childhood exposure to asbestos …Read More

  • Citing J&J’s “Reprehensible” Actions, Judge Upholds Mesothelioma Punitive Damages

    One of the most significant mesothelioma lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson saw four victims awarded $750 million in punitive damages on top of $37.3 million in compensatory damages. Despite the punitive award being reduced to $186 million in keeping with New Jersey law, Johnson & Johnson petitioned New Jersey Superior Court Judge Ana C. Viscomi …Read More

  • Asbestos Companies’ “Speculative” Arguments Dismissed in Lung Cancer Case

    Companies accused of causing malignant mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases work hard to avoid financial responsibility for the damages they cause. In a recent case, two companies accused of negligence in a man’s fatal asbestos-related lung cancer argued that the fact that he smoked cigarettes was proof that he wouldn’t have paid attention to warnings …Read More

  • Inspector’s Mesothelioma Blamed on Asbestos-Contaminated Boilers

    Calling their argument “unpersuasive,” a judge hearing a personal injury lawsuit filed by the widow of a mesothelioma victim denied an asbestos company’s motion to have the case dismissed and allowed the case to move forward for a jury to decide.  Family Blames Asbestos Dust from Boiler Maintenance for Man’s Mesothelioma After hearing pleadings from …Read More

  • Mesothelioma Case Sees Conflicting Testimony from Both Victim and Asbestos Company

    Mesothelioma victims struggling with the effects of both their disease and their treatment are often asked to summon memories from decades earlier to prove the source of their asbestos exposure, while asbestos companies work to contradict their testimony. One case saw a mesothelioma victim use multiple terms to describe the same asbestos-contaminated products, and as …Read More

  • Asbestos Victim’s Family Succeeds in Re-Opening Case

    Ronald Callanan died of asbestosis after years of working as a field inspector for FM Engineering. Blaming his death on exposure to asbestos in Cleaver-Brooks boilers, his family filed a personal injury lawsuit against the company, seeking compensation. Though the company initially succeeded in having the case against them dismissed, the family members appealed that …Read More

  • Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $9 Million to Elderly Woman with Mesothelioma

    In what her attorney labeled a “bittersweet” victory, 82-year-old Blanca Moure-Cabrera has been awarded $9 million in damages following her diagnosis with the terminal disease mesothelioma. The elderly woman filed suit against Johnson & Johnson, accusing the company of having failed to warn of the dangers of asbestos contamination in its popular talc products. Mesothelioma …Read More

  • Hawaiian Woman with Mesothelioma Blames Asbestos Hidden in Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder

    A Hawaiian Islands woman has filed a personal injury lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson as well as the local Foodland Super Market chain, blaming asbestos in talc-based baby powder for her malignant mesothelioma. An equestrian, Jacqueline Becker used Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder for her entire life, both for her own comfort and while caring …Read More

  • Failure to Test Talc Key Point in Mesothelioma Lawsuit

    When a mesothelioma victim files a personal injury lawsuit against a product manufacturer, the case is all about negligence. Companies are accused of failing to warn of asbestos in their product or of how consumers or workers could protect themselves from the asbestos, or of having failed to take other actions. In the case of …Read More

  • Louisiana Man Exposed to Asbestos on the Job Will Have His Mesothelioma Claim Heard

    Though most mesothelioma victims are exposed to asbestos on the job, almost all of their negligence and product liability lawsuits name equipment manufacturers rather than their employers as defendants. This is because workers’ compensation laws prohibit employees from filing personal injury lawsuits against their place of work. But these state laws have all been enacted …Read More

  • Port Authority of New York Named in Man’s Mesothelioma Lawsuit

    Bernd Hildebrand died less than two months after being diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma, leaving him without time to testify in his own behalf in a personal injury lawsuit against the Port Authority of New York. But coworkers and other witnesses came forward to support his claims, and the judge hearing the case agreed that …Read More

  • Detailed Memory of Asbestos Insulation Drives Mesothelioma Lawsuit

    George C. Proctor died of malignant mesothelioma just 13 months after being diagnosed with the rare, asbestos-related disease, but that was enough time for him to file suit against those he blamed for his illness. Though Burnham LLC, a boiler manufacturer, moved to have his case against them dismissed, Mr. Proctor’s clear description of his …Read More

  • Cleaning Up After Contractors Leads to Mesothelioma Death

    Louis Decanio blamed his 2016 mesothelioma diagnosis on parts he had picked up over years of cleaning up after his colleagues. The long-time contractor’s laborer was regularly tasked with collecting boiler parts that had been disassembled, and when he got sick he and his wife filed suit against Kohler Company, whose name he remembers seeing …Read More