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Mesothelioma and Ovarian Cancer Claims Against Johnson & Johnson Go to California Jury
Mesothelioma victims are closely watching a California state court, as opening statements began in a bellweather ovarian cancer claim against Johnson & Johnson. The trial involves consolidated claims from two plaintiffs: Monica Kent, who is currently suffering from ovarian cancer, and the husband of Deborah Schultz, who died from the disease. The trial marks the
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Mesothelioma Patient and Family Input Guides UK End-of-Life Study
Mesothelioma patients and their families in the United Kingdom are being asked to participate in groundbreaking research exploring how caregivers can better support decision-making about where to receive end-of-life care and die—whether at home, in hospital, in hospice, or in a care or nursing home. Recognizing that the place of death has a profound impact
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Mesothelioma Victims Face Uncertainty as Asbestos Liability Insurance Reserves Drop
Mesothelioma victims and their families have few paths to getting justice from the companies whose negligence led to their illnesses. Filing personal injury lawsuits for compensation remains one of the best options, but a recent report is driving new concerns about future success. According to an S&P Global Market Intelligence analysis released Monday, insurance companies’
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Investigational Mesothelioma Treatment Achieves 32% Response Rate in Treatment-Resistant Patients
An unfortunately high percentage of mesothelioma patients are diagnosed with treatment-resistant disease, leaving them with even fewer options in the face of an already bleak prognosis. But attendees at October’s European Society for Medical Oncology Congress in Berlin learned that biotech company Vivace Therapeutics achieved a 32 percent objective response rate with its investigational drug
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Mesothelioma Diagnosis Improved by AI-Generated Atlas
Doctors working to confirm mesothelioma diagnoses are often challenged by the rarity of the disease and the diverse ways that it can manifest. But a study published in the journal Nature Communications details work done by a group of Scottish researchers, which offers a powerful new diagnostic tool created using artificial intelligence.
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Saying Goodyear Waived its Removal Rights, Judge Sides with Mesothelioma Victim
Sergio Morris blames his mesothelioma diagnosis on three different sources of asbestos exposure and filed lawsuits against multiple companies. As one of the named defendants, Goodyear Tire & Rubber removed the case to federal court, but that decision was reversed. When Goodyear made a second attempt, the federal judge hearing the case said that the
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Mesothelioma Fears over Asbestos-contaminated Children’s Sand Prompts Recall in Australia and New Zealand
Mesothelioma concerns have led consumer protection agencies in both Australia and New Zealand to issue an urgent recall of brightly colored children’s sand products sold at major retailers. Laboratory testing of samples of the educational products found that they contained tremolite asbestos, one of the deadliest types of the toxic mineral. The Australian Competition and
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Mesothelioma Risk Persists as Homes Near Eaton, CA, Fire Still Test Positive for Asbestos
Mesothelioma is most frequently seen as an occupational disease, with some victims’ illnesses attributed to secondary exposure. But natural disasters can also lead to risk, and for California residents returning to their homes affected by the Eaton Fire, that fact has become part of their already challenging reality. New testing has shown that 36 percent
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New Study Reveals 20-year Mesothelioma Trends
Mesothelioma is an aggressive, asbestos-related cancer that affects the lining of the lungs and other organs. As physicians work to find better treatment protocols, researchers are compiling demographic data to show how diagnosis patterns have changed over the past two decades. According to a study published last week in the journal Cureus, titled “A Retrospective Epidemiological Study
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Connecticut Couple Files Secondary and Environmental Mesothelioma Lawsuit
A Connecticut couple, Michelle and Louis Tranquillo, has filed a mesothelioma lawsuit that accuses General Electric, Metropolitan Life Insurance, Sporting Goods Property, Inc, and Union Carbide of having caused Mrs. Tranquillo’s fatal illness. The couple’s claim cites both secondary exposure to exposure carried into the home from Mr. Tranquillo’s workplace and environmental exposure to asbestos
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Mesothelioma Researcher Fights Sanctions Over Deleted Emails
Noted mesothelioma researcher Dr. Richard L. Kradin is one of several scientists being sued by Johnson & Johnson over a peer-reviewed article linking talc products to the rare and fatal illness. In response to a request from Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Pecos River Talc LLC, that he be sanctioned for having deleted emails years before being
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Asbestos Released by White House East Wing Demolition Raises Mesothelioma Fears
The Trump administration’s rapid demolition of the historic White House East Wing has raised many questions and concerns, not the least of which surrounds the significant mesothelioma risk for workers and bystanders exposed to asbestos released by the work. With the building having originally been constructed in 1902 and renovated in 1942, health advocates and Senate
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Despite Asbestos Bans, Global Mesothelioma & Occupational Lung Cancer Deaths Rise
Mesothelioma and asbestos-related lung cancer are both serious illnesses, with mesothelioma always classified as fatal and lung cancer often leading to death. A new analysis of Global Burden of Disease data published by BioMed Central reports that, despite the clear association between exposure and illness, deaths attributed to occupational asbestos exposure have increased significantly worldwide,
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After Bankruptcy Rejection, Mesothelioma and Cancer Claims Against J&J Surge
A federal bankruptcy court’s rejection of Johnson & Johnson’s third bankruptcy filing has given mesothelioma and ovarian cancer victims a green light to pursue justice against the company, resulting in a dramatic surge in personal injury claims against the company.
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Johnson & Johnson Loses Again, Ordered to Pay $20 Million Mesothelioma Award
A Florida jury is the latest to agree that asbestos in Johnson & Johnson’s talc products led to a consumer’s mesothelioma death. After seven weeks of testimony, the Broward County panel ordered the consumer giant to pay $20 million to the family of a noted nephrologist who died after a lifetime of using the company’s
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Libby Mesothelioma Victims Await Decision in BNSF Railway Appeal of $8 Million Verdict
As if mesothelioma victims from Libby, Montana, haven’t faced enough challenges, this week, BNSF Railway appealed a 2024 jury verdict that awarded two asbestos disease victims $4 million each. That decision had been seen as a bellweather and a chance for accountability for BNSF’s role in the town’s catastrophic asbestos contamination. Now there are concerns
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Woman Blames Mesothelioma on Second-Hand Asbestos Exposure from Shipyard
After 75-year-old Candy Fitch was diagnosed with mesothelioma, she filed a petition for damages in the Civil District Court for Orleans Parish, Louisiana, naming several of the companies that she blames for having exposed her to asbestos as defendants. Among those named is her husband’s former employer, Avondale Shipyard. She is accusing the company of
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Philadelphia Woman’s Mesothelioma Blamed on Take-Home Asbestos from U.S. Steel
A Philadelphia jury is being asked to decide whether to hold U.S. Steel Corporation responsible for the 2022 mesothelioma death of Patricia Hajas. The lawsuit blames the woman’s illness on second-hand exposure to asbestos carried into her home on her steelworker father’s work clothes.
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Cephalomannine Compound May Be Mesothelioma Treatment Breakthrough
A study led by mesothelioma researchers from the University of Pisa in Italy has revealed that cephalomannine, a taxane compound structurally related to paclitaxel, demonstrates potent anticancer properties against pleural mesothelioma. The groundbreaking research, published in the journal BMC Cancer, revealed that mice with human mesothelioma tumors treated with the drug survived a median of
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Study Predicts Decline in Mesothelioma Cases in Asbestos-contaminated Italian Town
According to researchers, fifty years after the Eternit asbestos factory in Casale Monferrato, Italy, shut down, mesothelioma rates are still high, but are slowly decreasing. The scientists say because of the fatal disease’s long latency period, it will remain a serious health problem for at least two more decades.
