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To mesothelioma victim Robert Schindler, his personal injury claim against Dravo Basic Materials Company should have been an open and shut case. His only exposure to asbestos had been decades before his diagnosis, when he’d worked in the engine room of one of their vessels in Louisiana.  But shortly after he filed his lawsuit the company …Read More

Johnson & Johnson recently announced that they would discontinue their sales of their iconic baby powder product in North America following multiple accusations that the product contained asbestos-contaminated talc had led to malignant mesothelioma and ovarian cancer diagnoses in tens of thousands of consumers. One of those claims came from 68-year-old Joanne Anderson, whose personal …Read More

A mesothelioma lawsuit surrounding a Wisconsin man who died of malignant mesothelioma will be heard in the New York court systems despite the objections of Avon Products, the defendant. Though the company attempted to have the case moved, the family of Scott M. Dohse made a compelling argument for why it made more sense for …Read More

COVID-19 is impacting mesothelioma victims in countless ways, and one of the most surprising happened last week in a 4,000-square-foot events venue in Wheeling, West Virginia, the Highlands Event Center. The location hosted attorneys representing hundreds of asbestos plaintiffs, attorneys for asbestos companies, and a West Virginia Supreme Court judge. Working together, the group successfully …Read More

In June of 2018, a Missouri jury awarded $4.7 billion to 22 women who’d claimed that asbestos in Johnson & Johnson’s talc products had caused their ovarian cancer. Though an appellate court later cut the damages award to $2.11 billion, the consumer giant filed an appeal asking that the jury’s findings be reviewed and overturned. …Read More

New England Insulation was in the business of selling, distributing, installing and removing asbestos insulation material until the early 1970s, stopping only when it became public knowledge that their product caused malignant mesothelioma. But a victim of their carcinogenic material presented evidence in court that the company had known of asbestos’ dangers years before and …Read More

After hearing that two talc companies had taken specific action to mislead about asbestos in their product, a California jury awarded a 72-year-old mesothelioma victim $22 million in compensatory and punitive damages. The defendants in the case were Vanderbilt Minerals and Imerys Talc America. …Read More

In late 2016, the California State Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision whose impact continues to be felt by mesothelioma victims today. Responding to evidence that family members could contract the rare and fatal form of cancer after exposure to asbestos carried home on their loved ones’ clothing, the court ruled that these victims …Read More

When Gene R. Backe was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma, there was no question in his mind as to the source of his illness. Not only had he worked for an asbestos manufacturer and supplier, but prior to his own workplace exposure his father had worked there too. He filed a lawsuit against the company, asserting …Read More

Mesothelioma victims whose asbestos exposure came after having worked for a government agency often face legal challenges based on the theory of governmental immunity. But the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania denied that defense in a notable case involving a teacher who died of mesothelioma. The three-judge panel unanimously decided that the Pittsburgh School District’s Board …Read More

When Paula Knecht’s husband Larry died of malignant mesothelioma at the age of 71, she was understandably heartbroken. The two had been together for 52 years and his death had been particularly painful and traumatic. When the widow’s wrongful death lawsuit against Ford Motor Company resulted in her being awarded over $40 million in compensatory …Read More

Testicular malignant mesothelioma is an exceedingly rare form of an already-rare disease. Malignant mesothelioma strikes roughly 3,000 victims in the United States each year, and the form that impacts the lining of the testicular cavity occurs in less than 5 percent of cases. But when 85-year-old Housang Sabetian was diagnosed with the disease, it was …Read More

For years, Arthur Whelan (and after his death, his family) waged a legal battle to hold those responsible for his mesothelioma accountable. At issue was whether the original manufacturers of equipment could be found liable for harm caused by asbestos in replacement parts that their equipment needed in order to operate. After his claim was …Read More

In February of this year, the family of Joseph Mauro, Jr. got one of the first pieces of good news since having lost their loved one to malignant pleural mesothelioma in April of 2018. Mr. Mauro had been diagnosed with the rare and fatal form of cancer after years of operating a backhoe on worksites …Read More

In February of 2017, Vickie Williams died of malignant mesothelioma while in the midst of a lawsuit charging Schneider Electric USA with responsibility for her death. Schneider had previously been known as Square D Company, and had been her father’s employer for several years, as well as her part-time employer for a few months when …Read More

There are many occupations that have rightly been associated with malignant mesothelioma, the rare and fatal form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Though it is widely understood that people who worked in high heat settings and in construction or insulation were at risk because of the high levels of asbestos used in their …Read More

In 2019, Jesse Hernandez was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma. After realizing that he’d been exposed to asbestos as a young man, when he’d worked at a family grocery store and had come into daily contact with plant workers from the nearby Allied Chemical plant, he filed a negligence lawsuit against Honeywell International as successor to …Read More

Ever since it became clear that exposure to asbestos can lead to malignant mesothelioma, victims of that and other asbestos-related diseases have filed personal injury lawsuits against product companies that have negligently exposed them to the toxic material. In most cases they are unable to sue their employers, but that has not stopped the Philadelphia …Read More

Imagine working your way up the corporate ladder as a management trainee, only to find that 40 years later you’ve been diagnosed with mesothelioma as a result of a contractor’s carelessness. That is exactly what happened to Patrick Rossello, an employee at Union Trust bank who was assigned to work in a branch that was …Read More

After more than three years of litigation, the California state Supreme Court has decided in favor of a now-deceased mesothelioma victim. Though Frank C. Hart did not live to see his victory, legal experts say it will have long-lasting positive impacts for other victims of exposure to asbestos. …Read More