Blog sobre mesotelioma
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Occupational Asbestos Exposure: The Jobs and Industries Most at Risk
You can picture it: a mechanic hits the brake housing with an air hose and a gray cloud blooms; a boilermaker kneels beside a hot line, repacking a valve as dust drifts off the insulation. These everyday moments defined how many workers encountered asbestos. This article walks through who faced the highest risk, how asbestos …Leer más
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Can A Mesothelioma Victim Sue a Foreign Asbestos Company?
Being diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma is a challenging and painful experience. At the same time that they’re dealing with the pain of the disease and the shortcomings of available treatments, victims are also faced with questions about pursuing legal action against those responsible for their exposure to asbestos. With many asbestos-contaminated products being manufactured outside …Leer más
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Talcum Powder Lawsuits: What Mesothelioma Victims Need to Know
Recent talcum powder lawsuits have brought to light a serious legal issue: the contamination of talc-based consumer products with asbestos, a known carcinogen. This revelation has exposed millions to potential harm and has prompted a wave of litigation. For individuals with documented talcum powder use who have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, understanding the legal connection …Leer más
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Devastating Results Found: Firefighters and Mesothelioma
A new bill in New Hampshire was proposed this week after devastating results from a study performed last fall by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) were released. Although several asbestos lawsuits have been filed by firefighters over the past few decades, the studies confirm just how dangerous asbestos exposure is. NIOSH, …Leer más
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NYC Reinstates Punitive Damages in Asbestos Lawsuits
Justice Sherry Klein Heitler of the New York Supreme Court brought back the option for plaintiffs to sue for punitive damages in New York City asbestos lawsuits after a motion was made to remove previous deferral requirements under the NYCAL Case Management Order (CMO). Part of Heitler’s decision stems from the fact almost every other …Leer más
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$25 Million Awarded to Philadelphia Asbestosis Victim
Like many victims of mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases, Richard Daciw worked with asbestos in various occupational settings throughout his life. After being diagnosed with asbestosis, he and his wife filed a legal claim against the companies that exposed him to the toxic mineral and recently were awarded $25 million in damages by a Philadelphia …Leer más
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Mesothelioma Victim’s Punitive Damages Award Stands
A New York judge has denied an asbestos company’s request to dismiss a mesothelioma victim’s punitive damages claim against them. Burnham, LLC, a company long known for having manufactured boilers containing asbestos, offered multiple reasons why the punitive damages claim filed by Anthony Fleischman and his wife was not appropriate and should be removed from …Leer más
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Appeal in Mesothelioma Case Establishes New Standard of Liability
When Deborah Johnson’s husband Bruce died of malignant mesothelioma, the couple filed a personal injury lawsuit against The Edward Orton Jr. Ceramic Foundation. Their claim, which pointed to the packing material that the company’s products were packed in, was dismissed by a lower court, but a recent decision by the Seventh Circuit both reversed that …Leer más
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Despite Asbestos Company’s Appeal, Mesothelioma Widow Will Keep $5 Million Award
George Coulbourn served in the U.S. Navy as a machinist, and that work exposed him to numerous asbestos-containing products that he blamed for his malignant mesothelioma diagnosis. After he died, a jury awarded his widow $9 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. Though one of the defendants argued for the decision …Leer más
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Asbestos Companies’ “Speculative” Arguments Dismissed in Lung Cancer Case
Companies accused of causing malignant mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases work hard to avoid financial responsibility for the damages they cause. In a recent case, two companies accused of negligence in a man’s fatal asbestos-related lung cancer argued that the fact that he smoked cigarettes was proof that he wouldn’t have paid attention to warnings …Leer más
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Long Ago Construction Project Leads to Mesothelioma Diagnosis, $7.3 Million Damages Award
A former employee of Honeywell International was recently awarded $7.3 million in personal injury damages after a Baltimore, Maryland agreed that his malignant mesothelioma was caused by the negligence of an asbestos installation company. Though the company later appealed the jury’s verdict, the appeals court upheld the verdict and damages, and he will be provided …Leer más
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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
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Asbestos Company Argues Against Liability for Veteran’s Mesothelioma
Imagine being diagnosed with mesothelioma after years of sweeping up asbestos dust onboard Navy ships. With that clear a source of exposure, your path would seem clear and the road to justice apparently unobstructed. You would file a lawsuit against the companies whose equipment created the dust. That is exactly what former U.S. Navy Aviation …Leer más
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Judge Allows Widow’s $5 Million Mesothelioma Award to Stand
When Thomas Glenn died of malignant mesothelioma, his widow Rita filed claims against several companies that she accused of negligently exposing him to mesothelioma. Among them was Fisher Controls International, and that company was the only one that refused to settle out of court. When the jury decided against Fisher and assessed them millions of …Leer más
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Paint Company Agrees to Resolve Asbestos Lawsuit for $797.5 Million
RPM International Inc., the makers of Rust-Oleum paint, settled an asbestos lawsuit this week for $797.5 million. The lawsuit was brought against Bondex International Inc., a unit of RPM. According to reports, Bondex filed for bankruptcy in 2010 after a series of personal injury lawsuits. If the court approves the asbestos settlement, it would put a stop …Leer más
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The Danger Lingers On: Asbestos Retains Toxicity Despite the Passage of Time
According to a recent study, asbestos’ toxic nature does not wane or vanish with the passage of time. If someone was exposed to asbestos three or four decades ago, the dangerous effects of are still present and can cause the formation of malignant mesothelioma tumors at any time. Although this was discovered long ago, the …Leer más
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Plant Worker’s Family Wins $14M in Asbestos Lawsuit
A South Carolina man’s family won $14 million after a jury found that the Texas-based materials manufacturing company, Celanese Corp., was responsible for his asbestos-related death. Dennis Seay, 70, passed away in 2014 from malignant mesothelioma. He was diagnosed in 2013 and went through extensive and invasive treatments, including having his lungs drained 11 times after …Leer más
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Mesothelioma Victims Encouraged as Judge Rejects J&J Bankruptcy Again
Tens of thousands of mesothelioma and ovarian victims have been watching and waiting as a New Jersey bankruptcy judge considered a second bankruptcy filing from consumer giant Johnson & Johnson. The victims, who blame the company for negligently exposing them to asbestos-contaminated talc in their iconic baby powder product, learned late last summer that the …Leer más
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Johnson & Johnson’s Safety Claims Cited in Mesothelioma Victim’s Lawsuit
Ashley Johnson filed a personal injury lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson after being diagnosed with malignant epithelioid mesothelioma. With no history of occupational or environmental exposure to asbestos, she pointed to her regular and prolonged use of the company’s talcum powder products as the source of her illness. The company asked the court to dismiss …Leer más
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Motion to Dismiss Denied After Mesothelioma Victim Points to Grueling Deposition
Mesothelioma is a form of cancer whose symptoms don’t appear until many decades after the asbestos exposure that causes it, and once it makes itself known its effects can be devastating. Victims seeking justice from those responsible for their illness are asked to remember details from years earlier, all while suffering the effects of the …Leer más