Mesothelioma Blog

  • Can A Forgotten Address Derail a Mesothelioma Lawsuit?

    Mesothelioma victims who pursue justice against asbestos companies face countless challenges. In addition to battling their disease, they’re expected to recall minute details from forty to fifty years earlier in support of their claims. This would be hard under the best of circumstances, but while confronting a terminal, painful disease it is particularly difficult. Such …Read More

  • Mesothelioma Victim’s Family Wins Victory After Long Wait for Justice

    In February of 2015, Mason South filed a malignant mesothelioma lawsuit against Chevron, seeking damages for the disease caused by decades of asbestos exposure onboard ships owned by Texaco, which the company had since purchased. To his surprise, the oil giant moved to have his case dismissed, pointing to a $1,750 asbestos settlement he had …Read More

  • Family of Mechanic with Mesothelioma Wins Decision Against Ford Motor Company

    Victor Michel’s family’s mesothelioma lawsuit against Ford Motor Company seemed fairly straightforward. The former mechanic had worked on Ford cars and trucks for years, fixing engines and brakes that the automotive giant had manufactured using asbestos-contaminated parts. After years of breathing in the toxic particles, Michel developed the peritoneal mesothelioma that ended up claiming his …Read More

  • Court Frees Woman to Pursue Mesothelioma Lawsuit Against Colgate Palmolive

    Women have been using cosmetic body powders after their baths and showers and for personal hygiene for decades, never dreaming that doing so put them at risk for malignant mesothelioma. Unfortunately, in recent years it has become clear that the talc in these products was frequently contaminated with asbestos, putting users at risk for the …Read More

  • California Lawsuit Claims Neighborhood Asbestos Exposure Led to Malignant Mesothelioma

    Imagine being diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma, the rare form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, and then learning your exposure came from breathing the air outside of your home. That is exactly what Dean Trapp’s family claims happened to their loved one. Mr. Trapp died of the rare, asbestos-related form of cancer in 2014, …Read More

  • New York Supreme Court Denies Tile Company’s Motion to Dismiss Mesothelioma Case

    Between the time that Steven Hall was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma and his death six months later, he filed suit against Biltrite, Inc., the company that made the Amtico floor tiles he identified as the source of his asbestos exposure. As his family pursued justice after his death, the company filed a motion for summary …Read More

  • Deceased Mesothelioma Victim’s Family Wins Ruling Against Pep Boys

    When J.D. Williams’s surviving family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Pep Boys, blaming the automotive retailer for negligence in his death from malignant mesothelioma, the San Francisco County Superior Court decided against awarding them compensation for the home health services he had needed. Maddeningly, the court also ordered the family to compensate Pep Boys …Read More

  • Asbestos Company’s Attempt to Shift Mesothelioma Blame to Navy Fails

    Asbestos companies accused of responsibility for victims’ malignant mesothelioma work hard to lay the blame on others. Despite their knowledge that their products contained asbestos, a highly carcinogenic material, they refuse to accept responsibility for the damage that their products have done. A good example can be found in a case involving veteran Harry L. …Read More

  • Ford Vehicle Parts Blamed for Man’s Malignant Mesothelioma

    Imagine having spent a good part of your life tinkering with and repairing your own cars, only to find that in doing so, you’d exposed yourself to the risk of malignant mesothelioma. It’s happened to many people, and John DeCastro was one of them. Mr. DeCastro and his wife filed a mesothelioma lawsuit against Ford …Read More

  • Honeywell Blames Attorney’s Harsh Words for High Mesothelioma Verdict

    Every mesothelioma victim who decides to seek justice against the asbestos companies that sickened them dreams of having their day in court. What most want more than anything is to finally shine a light on the negligence that caused their illness. But mesothelioma attorneys need to walk a fine line when talking to a jury: …Read More

  • Asbestos Company Fails in Attempt to Skirt Compensating Mesothelioma Victim

    When Linda Guillot was diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma she filed suit against Avondale Industries, accusing them of failing to warn of the dangers posed to family members of those who worked in their asbestos-contaminated environment. Though Avondale asserted that her case should be dismissed based on federal protections, the judge in her case denied …Read More

  • Former Tile Worker with Mesothelioma Agrees to Undisclosed Settlement

    Though the headlines are filled with reports of multi-million-dollar awards for malignant mesothelioma victims, in many instances these cases never end up in the hands of a jury. Instead, the victims agree to settle with the companies they’ve accused of causing their terminal illness. That’s exactly what happened when Robert Lord, a former tile worker, …Read More

  • $8 Million Awarded to Mesothelioma Victim’s Family

    A Louisiana jury recently responded to emotional testimony from the family of a mesothelioma victim who died at the age of 70 years old. Elray Lege and his wife Brenda originally filed a personal injury lawsuit against Union Carbide Corporation and ten other defendants in 2016, shortly after he was diagnosed with the rare and …Read More

  • Ohio Court of Appeals Reverses Judgment Against Mesothelioma Widow

    When Barbara Maddy pursued her mesothelioma lawsuit against Honeywell International Inc., she knew that she was in for a battle. The corporate giant is frequently blamed for asbestos-related deaths, and its team of attorneys works hard to convince judges and juries of their innocence. Despite a disappointing initial result, Mrs. Maddy recently won an appeal …Read More

  • Court Upholds Mesothelioma Widow’s $32.7 Million Jury Verdict

    When a North Carolina jury heard the details of Franklin Finch’s painful death from malignant mesothelioma, they provided his widow with compensation in the amount of $32.7 million. The defendant in the case appealed the amount, claiming that it was unreasonably high due to inflammatory arguments made at trial. Last month a three-judge panel rejected …Read More

  • Asbestos Companies’ Attempt to Strike Dying Man’s Deposition Denied

    A diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma is always considered fatal, but some victims face death much faster than others. When Paul F. McCarthy was diagnosed with the rare form of cancer, his disease was diagnosed as extremely advanced. He acted quickly, providing a sworn deposition and filing a mesothelioma claim against those he knew to be …Read More

  • Appeals Court Permits Pittsburgh High School Teacher’s Mesothelioma Lawsuit

    When a person is suspected of having malignant mesothelioma, one of the first questions they’re asked is whether they’ve ever been exposed to asbestos. The answer to that question will be important later on, if they choose to pursue legal action against those responsible for their exposure. For one Pennsylvania high school teacher, the answer …Read More

  • Maryland Mesothelioma Victims Benefit from Court of Appeals Ruling

    A 2018 decision by the Maryland Court of Appeals gave one man’s family the right to continue its legal journey for justice, while also clearing the path for other mesothelioma victims whose exposure to asbestos occurred decades ago. Mesothelioma Victim’s Case Involved Asbestos Exposure in Early 1970 The Maryland mesothelioma case reviewed by the Court …Read More

  • New Jersey Man Awarded $37 Million in Mesothelioma Lawsuit Against Johnson & Johnson

    Over the course of the last fifty years, mesothelioma victims have been awarded significant amounts by juries hearing of asbestos companies’ negligence and wrongdoing, but few have garnered the amount of attention that the verdicts against consumer giant Johnson & Johnson have. One notable example involves the case of a 46-year-old man, Stephen Lanzo, who …Read More

  • $1 Million Mesothelioma Verdict Awarded to Widow of Paper Mill Worker

    It took many years, but 12 years after Henry Barabin was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma and six years after his death from the rare and fatal form of cancer, his widow was awarded over $1 million dollars by a Washington state-based federal jury. The mesothelioma lawsuit surrounded Mr. Barabin’s years of working at the Crown …Read More