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A Connecticut judge has ordered consumer giant Johnson & Johnson to pay mesothelioma victim Evan Plotkin an additional $10 million in punitive damages. The ruling follows a jury awarding the real estate professional $15 million last October, bringing the total compensation to $25 million. Mr. Plotkin’s lawsuit claimed that decades of personal use of the

According to a report issued by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), the rate of mesothelioma diagnoses in the country is holding steady, while physicians have made slow improvements in extending lives.

Patients diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma face a challenging prognosis with limited options. But a groundbreaking study led by an international team of researchers is offering new hope. The group examined the use of immunotherapy both before and after surgery, and found that the protocol offered improved survival.   Clinical Trial Tests Immunotherapy in Operable Mesothelioma The

According to clinical trial data presented at the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in Chicago, a drug previously approved for the maintenance treatment of other recurrent cancers has reduced the risk of death or progression in patients with mesothelioma by 27%. The drug, Zejula (niraparib), is part of the NERO study being

Hundreds of Libby, Montana, residents have been diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma, asbestosis, and other asbestos-related diseases in the years since the town was home to an infamous vermiculite mine. W.R. Grace & Co., BNSF Railroad, and others have been ordered to pay victims significant damages by juries who’ve heard of their negligence. Now, a series

When mesothelioma victims or their survivors pursue legal action against asbestos companies, they generally file their claims in local courts where the injury occurred. Many of these companies attempt to remove the action to federal court, especially if the claim has a link to a government contract. In a recently filed claim, the family of

Located in Watervliet, New York, the Watervliet Arsenal is the nation’s oldest manufacturing arsenal. Founded more than 200 years ago to support military efforts during the War of 1812, it has operated ever since, manufacturing large caliber cannon tubes needed for tanks, artillery systems, and mortars. The facility has undergone multiple upgrades, renovations, and updates,

Gaskets are mechanical seals that fit between two surfaces. Designed to prevent leakage under pressure, they have been used in applications ranging from car engines to heating systems and boilers. Though today’s gaskets are made from carbon-based or organic materials, for almost a century they were made from asbestos. Though asbestos gave gaskets strength and

Scott Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in St. Clair County, Illinois, 17 miles east-southeast of downtown St. Louis. One of the oldest Air Force bases still in service in the United States, it was first established in 1917 and has largely been used as a training facility ever since.

Papermaking and pulp represent one of the largest industries in the world, and the United States accounts for the majority of the world’s consumption of paper.  Papermaking has played an important economic and social role in U.S. history, but its contributions came at a cost to paper mill workers exposed to dangerous levels of asbestos contamination.