Mesothelioma Blog

  • Outrage Over Asbestos Companies’ Bankruptcy Response to Mesothelioma Claims Leads Senators to Act

    Over the last few years, asbestos companies facing legal action from victims of malignant mesothelioma, ovarian cancer, and other asbestos-related diseases have adopted a new legal tactic. Rather than agreeing to settle with those whose lives they’ve affected or allow a jury to decide on the question of liability, they’ve turned to a strategy in …Read More

  • Judge in Mesothelioma Claim Denies Insurance Company’s Request

    Mesothelioma lawsuits are complex legal actions that involve numerous defendants and multiple layers of liability. The wrongful death claim filed by Roseanna Matherne’s family accused multiple companies of negligence for having exposed her to asbestos carried home on her husband’s work clothes, and that liability extended beyond her husband’s employer to the company that ensured …Read More

  • Mesothelioma Victim Files Suit Against Talc Manufacturers and Sellers

    Elsie Louise Graham’s family blames her lifetime use of asbestos-contaminated talcum powder products for her malignant mesothelioma death. They filed a personal injury lawsuit listing numerous talcum powder products as defendants, as well as the owner of a local Oregon grocery store where she’d purchased the products. The defendants filed suit to have the case …Read More

  • Printing Press Operator’s Mesothelioma Death Spurs Lawsuit

    Raymond Desiena died of malignant pleural mesothelioma after decades of working as a printing press operator. Upon learning that some of the equipment he’d worked with between the 1960s and 1980s had been built with asbestos-contaminated parts, he filed claims against the companies that manufactured them, accusing them of negligence in having failed to warn …Read More

  • Mesothelioma Suit Against World Trade Center Asbestos Company Allowed to Proceed

    The Supreme Court of New York was asked to weigh in on a mesothelioma lawsuit filed by the widow of a mesothelioma victim who traced his asbestos exposure to his days working in New York City’s World Trade Center. Marie Bassi Ryder filed suit against several companies that she’s accused of negligence in her late …Read More

  • Mesothelioma Widow Prevails Against Honeywell International

    When Richard Bell died of malignant mesothelioma, his widow Sharon decided to take legal action against those whom she blamed for his untimely death. She filed a negligence claim against several companies whose asbestos-contaminated products he had worked with, seeking compensation for her own loss and for the pain and suffering that her husband had …Read More

  • Court Rules that When Testimony Conflicts, Mesothelioma Victim’s Words Prevail

    When a mesothelioma victim files a lawsuit seeking compensation, there is no question about their diagnosis or the eventual outcome. But beyond the fact of their illness, there are plenty of conflicting opinions and assertions on how they were exposed and who is at fault. In a recent case, a New York judge made clear …Read More

  • Bridgestone Firestone Ordered to Pay $30 Million Following 65-Year-Old’s Mesothelioma Death

    Malignant mesothelioma claims the lives of thousands of people every year, and though every victim is different, they all share a history of having been exposed to asbestos. In the case of 65-year-old Thomas Jackson, that exposure came from the clothing his father wore to work every day. On hearing details of Mr. Jackson’s life, …Read More

  • Asbestos Company Looks to 88-Year-Old’s Inability to Remember to Evade Justice

    Summary judgment is a common request from those accused of liability for asbestos-related diseases like malignant mesothelioma and lung cancer. Asbestos companies point to perceived faults in the claims to argue that they should not be held liable. In a recent case, an 88-year-old lung cancer victim gave specific testimony about his work history, but …Read More

  • Asbestos Company’s Objections to Lung Cancer Case Consolidation Denied

    Whether dealing with mesothelioma, lung cancer, or any other asbestos-related diagnosis, the idea of pursuing legal justice can be daunting. The idea of facing off against an asbestos company is intimidating, which is why the idea of consolidating similar cases is so appealing. Though the defendants object to cases being joined, in the state of …Read More

  • Mesothelioma Victim’s Family Blames Asbestos in Valves for Illness and Death

    When Willie Hollingsworth was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma, he and his family members immediately began searching for answers. How could he have fallen pretty to this deadly disease? They quickly found the answer: the products he had worked with throughout his career had been contaminated with asbestos. In response, they filed personal injury lawsuits against …Read More

  • DAP Caulk and Plaster Blamed for Mesothelioma Death

    DAP caulk is a familiar sight to nearly anybody who has done home repair or worked in construction, but few modern users are aware that the product has been named in multiple mesothelioma lawsuits. The product once contained asbestos, and people who worked with it regularly breathed in the dust created when the product had …Read More

  • Judge Denies Carnival Cruise Request for Mesothelioma Death Arbitration

    Basilio Gallo’s widow and daughter filed their mesothelioma claim directly against his long-time employer, Carnival Corporation, as well as other companies they accused of negligently exposing him to asbestos.  Though Carnival tried to enforce an arbitration agreement that he’d signed in the last years of his employment, a Florida federal judge denied the company’s request, …Read More

  • 85-Year-Old’s Lawsuit Highlights Challenges of Mesothelioma Claims

    Because there’s no question that exposure to asbestos causes malignant mesothelioma, lung cancer, and other serious illnesses, many victims believe that seeking compensation should yield quick results. But asbestos cases are challenging, in large part because the illness appears so long after exposure. This point was made clear in a recent case that pitted an …Read More

  • Conflicting Testimony in Asbestos Lung Cancer Case

    Like many people diagnosed with mesothelioma or asbestos-related lung cancer, Kenneth Nankervis had a long history of having worked with many products that were contaminated the carcinogenic material. He filed suit against several of the companies that manufactured those products, including air compressor company Campbell Hausfeld, LLC. Though the company insisted that his illness was …Read More

  • Lung Cancer Victim’s Family Prevails Against Airplane Parts Manufacturer

    Malignant mesothelioma and asbestos-related lung cancer have claimed countless lives in the United States, with most victims’ deaths blamed on occupational exposure to asbestos. Following the 2021 death of their family member, Gustave Sahm’s survivors filed suit against the companies they blamed for his illness and death, including the manufacturer of parts for the airplanes …Read More

  • Montana Talc Supplier Accused of Bad Faith Attempt to Evade Mesothelioma Claims

    Facing over 500 pending claims filed by mesothelioma victims and others diagnosed with asbestos-related diseases, a Montana-based talc supplier has filed for bankruptcy in the state of Texas. Representatives for the company’s unsecured creditors are objecting, calling the move “bad-faith forum shopping at its worst.” Company Named in Mesothelioma Lawsuits Attempts Texas Two-Step Barretts Minerals …Read More

  • Libby, Montana Woman’s Mesothelioma Claim Will Be Heard in State Court

    Asbestos companies named in mesothelioma lawsuits are frequently accused of negligence, either in failing to warn of their products’ dangers or of negligently handling the dangerous material.  BNSF Railway is among those who’ve been blamed for many illnesses in Libby, Montana. In a recent case, a woman who blames her illness on asbestos that BNSF …Read More

  • Packaging at Issue in Mesothelioma Lawsuit

    When malignant mesothelioma claimed Wilburn Freeman’s life, his family filed a personal injury claim against Georgia Pacific, blaming asbestos in the company’s pre-mixed joint compound for his illness and death. When the company asked the court to dismiss the case, the issues that needed to be addressed included the packaging that the product was sold …Read More

  • Despite Efforts to Protect Itself, Merck Joins List of Companies with Talc Mesothelioma Liability

    People whose mesothelioma, ovarian cancer, and other illnesses have been linked to asbestos-contaminated talc are increasingly seeking justice from the consumer companies that included the product in their products. In the face of companies like Johnson & Johnson, Colgate-Palmolive, and Avon being told to pay enormous sums to victims, others are doing whatever they can …Read More