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Court Lets Expert Testimony Stand in J&J Talc Mesothelioma Case
After his wife Cynthia died of mesothelioma, Maine widower Andrew Curtin filed a mesothelioma lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, blaming the company’s iconic baby powder for her death. After challenges to expert witness testimony were filed by both the victim’s family and the consumer products giant, the judge hearing the case made several significant rulings…
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Mesothelioma Case Against BNSF Hits Snag Over Jurisdiction
Mesothelioma victims who’ve filed claims tied to long-ago exposure to asbestos in Libby, Montana, are facing a new challenge as a federal court is being asked to decide whether BNSF Railway ever had the right to move a wrongful death case out of state court in the first place.
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September is Mesothelioma Awareness Month
Every September, advocates across the country mark Mesothelioma Awareness Month to remember lives lost to asbestos-caused diseases and renew calls for prevention. This year’s observation carries particular weight, as it coincides with the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on the United States, and first responders and others who worked in the Ground Zero…
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Mesothelioma Fears Grow as Hungarian Town Confronts Asbestos Contamination
The risk of mesothelioma has become a pressing public health issue in Hungary after officials in the town of Szombathely revealed that asbestos-contaminated crushed stone had been used in road construction across a suburban neighborhood years ago. Laboratory testing confirmed asbestos concentrations several times above the health safety limit.
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Ruling Lets Mechanic’s Family Proceed with Mesothelioma Claim
A court ruling will allow the family of a former shipyard worker and auto mechanic who died of mesothelioma to move forward with its personal injury claim against Eaton Corporation. Though Eaton denied manufacturing the auto parts the victim blamed for his asbestos exposure, a federal judge denied the company’s request for summary judgment.
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Louisiana Jury Awards $10 Million in Johnson & Johnson Mesothelioma Case
Before mesothelioma claimed her life, Lynne Roy was a successful businesswoman and prominent resident of New Orleans. She developed the rare, aggressive form of cancer after decades of using the iconic talc-based product. She died in 2020, and after years of delay, this week, a Louisiana jury agreed that Johnson & Johnson was responsible for…
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Maryland Supreme Court’s Mesothelioma Ruling Removes Barrier for Take-Home Claims
Earlier this year, a unanimous ruling by Maryland’s Supreme Court made a significant difference for mesothelioma victims whose illness was caused by secondary asbestos exposure. The court eliminated a barrier that had blocked many of these heartbreaking cases for decades.
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Mesothelioma Researchers Defeat J&J Talc Unit’s Libel Suit
A federal judge has handed a major win to three mesothelioma researchers, ruling that Johnson & Johnson’s talc liability subsidiary failed to prove they knowingly published false claims in a 2020 study linking cosmetic talc exposure to the deadly cancer.
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Philadelphia High School Shut as Asbestos Raises Mesothelioma Fears
With multiple faculty and staff diagnosed with mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases, the Philadelphia School District reacts quickly whenever asbestos is discovered. That’s why last week, just days before the start of the 2026-27 school year, more than 400 students and 90 staff members in the city’s Kensington High School have been forced to relocate…
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Asbestos Raises Mesothelioma Fears, Halts Construction of NYC Tower
New York City is famous for its towering skyscrapers, but many of the workers who constructed those marvels were later diagnosed with mesothelioma as a result of working with asbestos-contaminated building materials. It is with that history in mind that the New York City Department of Environmental Protection issued a stop-work order for the construction…
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Vi-Jon Files Bankruptcy After 400% Surge in Talc Mesothelioma Lawsuits
Vi-Jon LLC, a St. Louis-based manufacturer of private-label talc products sold at Walmart, Dollar General, Kroger, and Walgreens, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to resolve hundreds of mesothelioma and asbestos injury claims. The company has proposed establishing a $25 million trust, saying that the move is necessary after a 400% surge in talc…
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Focused Ultrasound May Override Mesothelioma Resistance to CAR-T Cell Treatment
CAR-T cell therapy holds tremendous potential for treating cancer, but researchers have been challenged by the lack of markers the engineered immune cells can recognize in mesothelioma and other solid cancers. But in a study published in the journal Science Advances, scientists at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering report having developed a revolutionary system…
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Real-World Study Shows Chemotherapy after Immunotherapy Can Extend Mesothelioma Survival
According to a new study published in the journal Clinical Lung Cancer, researchers from Heidelberg University and 11 other German cancer centers have found that, in 72% of cases, mesothelioma patients who receive platinum and pemetrexed chemotherapy after their first-line immunotherapy treatment stops working can achieve a median overall survival of 11.5 months and disease…
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Libby, Montana Mesothelioma Patients Face Uncertain Future After Clinic Closure
For more than two decades, the Center for Asbestos-Related Disease (CARD) has been the lifeline for thousands of Libby, Montana residents diagnosed with mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases. Those patients suffer the long-term consequences of one of the largest public health disasters in American history, and when CARD closes at the end of August, they’ll…
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Delaware Court Blocks Asbestos Companies’ Bid to Preserve Mesothelioma Trust Records
Despite a legal effort from several asbestos companies to stop bankruptcy trusts from deleting decades of mesothelioma claims, the Delaware Supreme Court has dismissed the case, finding the companies failed to satisfy basic requirements for the legal remedy they sought.
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Bipartisan Senate Bill Would Ban All Asbestos to Prevent Mesothelioma
For decades, advocates have said that a comprehensive asbestos ban is urgently needed to prevent mesothelioma and the other related diseases that kill more than 40,000 Americans every year. Last week, U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and John Curtis (R-UT) introduced bipartisan legislation that would finally end all commercial and industrial uses of asbestos in…
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Court Grants Mesothelioma Group’s Petition for Release of White House Demolition Records
In a significant legal victory for mesothelioma advocates, a federal court has ordered three government agencies to respond to the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization’s long-pending Freedom of Information Act requests. For nine months, the group has sought information about asbestos handling during the White House East Wing demolition.
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Cryobiopsy Under Local Anesthesia Confirms Mesothelioma
For many patients suspected of having mesothelioma, confirming the diagnosis is complicated by their physical condition: Undergoing general anesthesia or conventional thoracoscopy is just too risky. Recently, Japanese researchers reported successfully diagnosing the rare form of cancer using pleural cryobiopsy under local anesthesia. This represents a valuable alternative and potentially quicker path to appropriate treatment.
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Mesothelioma and Ovarian Cancer Diagnoses Drive FDA Warning Letters Over Asbestos
In an action that underscores the ongoing mesothelioma and ovarian cancer risks posed by talc-containing products, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued nine Warning Letters to drug manufacturers for failing to properly test talc used as an ingredient in their products for asbestos contamination. The FDA is demanding heightened scrutiny of asbestos testing practices…
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Mesothelioma Victims’ Families Wait Years as Georgia-Pacific Bankruptcy Drags On
As a young man in the 1960s, Tommy Lineberger spent his summers working construction sites in North Carolina, never knowing that as he drove bulldozers and spackled walls, asbestos dust surrounded him and would eventually lead to mesothelioma. He died in 2018, two years after being diagnosed, and his family has been trying to get…
