Blog sobre mesotelioma

  • W.R. Grace Trust Fund Opens

    Last year, W.R. Grace emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.  Starting this week, after more than 13 years, the company started accepting claims under their reorganization plan, which aims to compensate property owners and claimants who’ve been injured by asbestos due to the company’s negligence. In April 2001, W.R. Grace filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after …Leer más

  • Mesothelioma victims win $25M lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson

    A Los Angeles jury found Johnson & Johnson and several other companies liable of causing an Oregon woman’s development of mesothelioma. The company was hit with a $25.75 million verdict after the jury found the business negligent about warning consumers against possible health risks from its powder. WJLA reports that Gary Anderson and Joanne Anderson filed an asbestos lawsuit against the companies after Joanne …Leer más

  • 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 …Leer más

  • 3M Required to Pay Mesothelioma Victim’s Court Fees

    Mesothelioma lawsuits can take years to pursue, and often present a rollercoaster of wins, losses, and draws. While victims are simply seeking justice, asbestos companies do everything in their power to stall and stand in the way in order to keep from having to pay. In a recent example, the legal action that 3M Company’s …Leer más

  • Woman’s Mesothelioma Death Blamed on Laundering Asbestos-Laden Clothes

    In 2018, 70-year-old Bonnie J. Bonito died of malignant mesothelioma despite never having worked with or near asbestos. The family’s investigation of how the Rhode Island woman had contracted the rare form of cancer, they found she’d spent decades laundering her ex-husband’s asbestos-laden clothes. They filed suit against dozens of companies whose products he’d been …Leer más

  • Shipyard Facing Mesothelioma Liability Sues Asbestos Manufacturer

    Avondale Shipyards, whose work environment was heavily contaminated by asbestos through much of the 20th century, is frequently named a defendant in mesothelioma lawsuits. When the wife of a man who’d worked as a pipefitter and welder’s was sickened by second-hand asbestos exposure, she sued the company. Avondale then filed its own claim against a …Leer más

  • Jury Awards $20 Million to Mesothelioma-Stricken Mechanic and his Wife

    A St. Louis jury listened intently as Bill Trokey and his wife Cathy detailed his mesothelioma journey. They heard how the man had been exposed to asbestos, of his diagnosis, and of the impact on the family’s life. After two weeks they’d heard enough: They agreed that asbestos in Ford Motor Company’s brakes had caused …Leer más

  • Air Force Vet Pursues Mesothelioma Claim Against Brake Manufacturer

    Asbestos companies work hard to have mesothelioma cases heard in friendlier federal courts, while victims want their claims heard by juries in state courts. In a lawsuit filed by a retired Air Force veteran, a judge agreed with the plaintiff that the presence of a research and development facility in New Jersey was enough to …Leer más

  • Mesothelioma Victim’s Daughter Has Spent Years Fighting For Justice

    Mesothelioma Amy DeMaio’s father Peter Bergrud died of malignant mesothelioma in 2018, and she has been fighting for justice on his behalf ever since. She is among thousands of people suing CertainTeed over asbestos in their cement pipes, but the company’s owner is pursuing a controversial bankruptcy strategy that has kept their legal claims in …Leer más

  • Colgate-Palmolive Co. settles asbestos lawsuit over talc powder products

    Colgate-Palmolive Co., makers of talcum powder products (among many others products), agreed to settle a lawsuit brought on by a Pennsylvania woman who claimed her usage of their talcum powder products caused her to develop malignant mesothelioma. The company resolved Carol Schoeniger’s lawsuit in a New Jersey courtroom, likely to avoid undergoing another lengthy trial. The amount …Leer más

  • Asbestos Filler in Bowling Balls Causes Lane Owner’s Mesothelioma

    When Donald Vanni and his brother decided to make bowling a family business, the two never dreamed that their venture would lead to one dying of mesothelioma. But that is exactly what happened. A Los Angeles County jury hearing their story agreed that Honeywell International Inc. had been negligent and was responsible for the man’s …Leer más

  • Johnson & Johnson Sued by Los Angeles County Over Mesothelioma Deaths

    Though most personal injury claims surrounding malignant mesothelioma are filed by surviving family members or individual victims of the rare asbestos-related disease, other parties can be harmed by asbestos company negligence. This includes municipalities that incur significant costs as a result of subsidizing care for those afflicted with serious illness. This is the basis for …Leer más

  • Ex-Smoker Prevails in $2.3 Million Asbestos Lawsuit Against Conrail

    The link between exposure to asbestos and malignant mesothelioma has been established for decades, and so has the relationship between the carcinogenic material and lung cancer. But when smokers who have been exposed to asbestos are diagnosed with lung cancer, they’ve had a hard time proving that asbestos companies share in the legal responsibility for …Leer más

  • Former Firefighter Cites Manipulation of Data in Mesothelioma Lawsuit

    Firefighters face many hazards as part of their job, including the risk of malignant mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos on the job. A lawsuit filed by a Colorado man has accused several companies of conspiring to hide the dangers of the hazardous material from him when he served as a firefighter in Lincoln and Omaha, …Leer más

  • Mesothelioma Lawsuit vs. Asbestos Trust Fund: Which is Right for You?

    Being diagnosed with mesothelioma is overwhelming, and navigating your legal options can feel daunting. If you or a loved one has been affected, seeking financial compensation is essential to cover medical costs and secure your family’s future. The two primary options available are filing a mesothelioma lawsuit vs. asbestos trust fund claim. The advantages and …Leer más

  • New study shows one-third of schools in the U.S. still contain asbestos

    A  comprehensive study regarding asbestos and schools has found that around one-third of the schools in the United States contain asbestos. The Los Angeles Times reports that the study came from the staff of Senator Edward J Markey of Massachusetts. Marquis, of the Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management and Regulatory Oversight, an investigation into the …Leer más

  • NJ Supreme Court Reaches Landmark Decision in Mesothelioma Lawsuit

    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 …Leer más

  • Mesothelioma Victim Awarded $5 Million After Summer Job Exposed him to Asbestos

    As a teenager, Joseph Muir never dreamed that his summer job at the plastics plant where his father worked would lead to a diagnosis with malignant mesothelioma. But between his two years working at Durez Plastics in North Tonawanda, plus exposure to asbestos carried home on his father’s work clothes, he was stricken with the …Leer más

  • Lawsuit Blames Cashmere Bouquet Powder for Woman’s Mesothelioma

    Maryann Purser died of malignant mesothelioma. After her diagnosis, she and her family reviewed her life history to determine where she could have been exposed to asbestos, the mineral that causes the rare and fatal form of cancer. They realized that the Colgate Palmolive’s Cashmere Bouquet Talcum Powder she’d used throughout her life contained asbestos, …Leer más

  • Mesothelioma Litigants See Decades of Confusion and Delayed Litigation Ended by Judge’s Decision

    There are so many mesothelioma and asbestos lawsuits filed in the city of New York that, years ago, the city established a dedicated court, the New York City Asbestos Litigation Court, or NYCAL. Recently, Justice Adam Silvera of that court ended years of confusion and frustration for victims by lifting a decades-long deferral of punitive …Leer más

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