Blog sobre mesotelioma

  • 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 …Leer más

  • 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 …Leer más

  • 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 …Leer más

  • 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 …Leer más

  • 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 …Leer más

  • 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 …Leer más

  • 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 …Leer más

  • 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 …Leer más

  • 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 …Leer más

  • Mesothelioma Victim Blames Talc in Avon Powders for her Illness

    When 61-year-old Kim Young was diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma, it came as a shock. Though she had never worked with asbestos, she quickly learned of studies showing asbestos-contamination of talc in cosmetic products she’d used throughout her life. She filed suit against Avon Products Inc. and their talc suppliers, and though the supplier quickly moved …Leer más

  • Disabled Woman’s Mesothelioma Claim Settled Two Days into Hearing

    A mesothelioma lawsuit accusing consumer giant Johnson & Johnson of negligence was settled out of court just two days after the trial’s start.  The victim in the case was a 36-year-old woman with mental disabilities. Gail Koretoff’s mother had just provided testimony that the young woman’s suffering was amplified by her lack of understanding of either …Leer más

  • Asbestos from Flooring Blamed for Interior Designer’s Mesothelioma

    Allison Linsky was just 58 years old when she was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma. An interior designer and project manager who had spent years working on commercial design projects, she blamed her illness on exposure to asbestos contained within Mannington Mills’ vinyl tiles. Though the company attempted to have her personal injury lawsuit against them …Leer más

  • Cigarette Company and Talc Powder Company Named in Mesothelioma Lawsuit

    Lois Prokocimer was diagnosed with both pleural mesothelioma and pulmonary adenocarcinoma (lung cancer) at the age of 80, in 2016. Upon her diagnosis she filed personal injury lawsuits against multiple companies, including Avon Products, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, and Johnson & Johnson, accusing each of negligently exposing her to asbestos in their consumer products. Though …Leer más

  • “Weak” Warning Plays Role in $2.38 Million Mesothelioma Verdict

    After years of battling to have her case heard, a mesothelioma widow heard a New Jersey jury order corporate giant Union Carbide to pay her $2.38 million in damages. Among the evidence that swayed the jury was the company’s own internal document indicating that hazard labeling on the company’s bags of asbestos was “weak.” Union …Leer más

  • Mesothelioma Verdict Stands Despite Railroad Defendant’s Appeal

    After Nancy Little’s father, Robert Rabe, died of malignant mesothelioma in December of 2012, she filed suit against The Budd Company. She claimed that her father had been exposed to asbestos-containing pipe insulation the company had manufactured and sold to her father’s employer. Though the company fought her at every turn, she prevailed in the …Leer más

  • Adult Children of Mesothelioma Victim Prevail Against Chemical Company

    Marty Marteney was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma after a lifetime history of exposure to asbestos. He and his wife Marie filed suit against the asbestos companies whose products he was exposed to, settling with some and winning verdicts against other cases in court. After his death his adult children filed their own wrongful death claims …Leer más

  • Court Denies Bid to Overturn $7 Million Mesothelioma Verdict

    In September of 2018, a jury rendered a significant verdict on behalf of mesothelioma victim James Stock. They ordered Jenkin Brothers, a valve manufacturer, to pay him $4.5 million for his past pain and suffering, $1.5 million for future pain and suffering, and additional amounts totaling $7 million. The company filed a motion to have …Leer más

  • Defective 3M Respirators Blamed for Weyerhaeuser Employees’ Mesothelioma

    When Elvira Kilty and Herbert Spatz worked for the Weyerhaeuser Company’s door manufacturing plant in Marshfield, Wisconsin, they were issued 3M respirators to protect them against mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases. Years later both were diagnosed with the rare form of cancer and filed suit against 3M. Though the company attempted to have the case …Leer más

  • Judge Applies “Thirteenth Juror Doctrine” to Order New Mesothelioma Trial

    When Jerry Crawford filed a mesothelioma lawsuit against Covil Corporation, the case seemed like a slam dunk. Not only was there strong evidence in support of his claim of negligence, but Covil’s blatant lies during the trial led the judge to explicitly inform the jury about them. Despite this, the jury found in favor of …Leer más

  • Judge Denies Crane Co.’s Arguments Against Mesothelioma Case Being Heard

    When Robert Grimes was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma, the family law attorney immediately realized that his years working as an apprentice coppersmith in the early 1960s had exposed him to asbestos. Though he died in December of 2017, the lawsuit he filed against Crane and Co. was continued by his domestic partner, Linda F. Phelps, …Leer más