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Georgia Jury Awards $5 Million in Motorcycle Brake Mesothelioma Case
It’s been seven years since Donald “Greg” Lassiter was diagnosed with mesothelioma, and over that time, he has fought both a medical and legal battle. The latter has come to an end, as a DeKalb County, Georgia jury has ordered Honda and Yamaha to pay him $5 million in compensation for having exposed him to…
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Massachusetts Jury Hears Baby Powder Mesothelioma Case
Johnson & Johnson is one of the largest healthcare and pharmaceutical companies in the world. Still, its position has not stopped mesothelioma victims from blaming it for causing their deadly illnesses. The organization is currently facing the family of a 66-year-old wife and mother who died of the rare asbestos-related disease after a lifetime of…
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Man Awarded $1.9 Million for Asbestos-Related Disease
Mesothelioma and asbestosis share a single cause — exposure to asbestos — and a ruling handed down by the Queensland Supreme Court is yet another reminder of the dangers that exposure represents, and how long the mineral could present a hazard in the workplace. Earlier this month, the court awarded a former plumber diagnosed with…
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Ruling Lets Navy Expert Testify in Asbestos Case
Though attorneys for two different manufacturers argued against it, a federal court in Pennsylvania has ruled that a former Navy captain can offer expert testimony on the presence of asbestos on Navy ships. The case involves a Philadelphia Naval Shipyard worker who died of asbestos-related lung cancer.
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Rare Case Shows Why Mesothelioma Biopsies Matter
Mesothelioma is always difficult to diagnose, but a case recently described in the peer-reviewed journal Cureus makes clear the importance of both persistence and choosing the right biopsy site and technique when the rare disease is suspected. The unusual case involved a patient whose cancer had spread across the lining of his chest, the lining…
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Gloves Sold Online Raise Concerns Over Asbestos and Mesothelioma Risk
Mesothelioma advocates have long warned that asbestos is far from being a thing of the past, and a new report out of Italy shows how easily it can still reach consumers’ doorsteps. In a commentary in the journal Environmental Health, scientists describe contaminated gloves purchased from one of the world’s largest online retailers. An analysis…
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Swindon Families Honor Mesothelioma Victims
Swindon is a small town in the United Kingdom where being diagnosed with mesothelioma is so common that residents call it the “Swindon disease.” To honor the memory of those who’ve been lost to the rare, asbestos-related disease and to raise awareness of the dangers of exposure, dozens of victims’ families met in Queen’s Park,…
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Mesothelioma Fears Hit L’Oréal and Revlon
In recent years, many mesothelioma and ovarian cancer diagnoses have been blamed on asbestos-contaminated talc in baby powder, body powder, and other consumer products. The link between cancer and talc has now put two of the world’s best-known beauty companies under the microscope, as L’Oréal’s U.S. business is reported to be looking to get rid…
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Mesothelioma Victims Take Texas Two-Step Fight to Supreme Court
In recent years, asbestos companies have adopted a new strategy for evading liability for mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases: they’ve created offshoot companies to hold their asbestos liabilities, then had those companies file for bankruptcy in Texas, where the law provides significant protection from creditors. The process has come to be known as the Texas…
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Mesothelioma Victims Seek Dismissal of Barretts Minerals Bankruptcy Filing
Barretts Minerals is one of many companies whose talc has been blamed for causing mesothelioma, ovarian cancer, and other asbestos-related diseases. Three years ago, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from personal injury claims filed against it, and now, mesothelioma claimants say the money needed to compensate them has run out.
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Fluid Testing Sharpens Mesothelioma Diagnosis
A new study published in the journal Diagnostic Cytopathology suggests that the fluid that often builds up around mesothelioma patients’ lungs and abdomen may hold information essential to confirming a diagnosis earlier than other fluid-based tests. The report written by Dr. Suzanne M. Selvaggi of the University of Wisconsin Hospital reviewed 13 years of patient…
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After Decades-long Wait, Court Frees Texas Mesothelioma Families to Pursue Their Claims
Justice is finally coming for the families of four Texas men who were diagnosed with mesothelioma and other asbestos cancers decades ago. Though they first filed their claims in 1995, filings by defendants have kept them waiting for their day in court. A ruling in late June of this year from a Houston appeals court…
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Japanese Researchers Identify New Mesothelioma Target
Mesothelioma researchers in Japan have discovered that a protein called VISTA, which is best known for helping tumors hide from the immune system, also causes mesothelioma cancer cells to grow from within. In a study published in the British Journal of Cancer, scientists from the Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute and Nagoya University call it…
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Royal Marines Settle Mesothelioma Risk Claim
Despite mesothelioma fears, 256 Royal Marines and British soldiers have settled a claim against the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), which they say knowingly exposed them to asbestos during training in Latvia. Though the MoD did not accept liability, the out-of-court settlement, for an undisclosed sum, resolves a case filed in February 2024 under the…
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New NCCN Guidelines Reshape Mesothelioma Care
Though pleural mesothelioma continues to be one of the most challenging forms of cancer to treat, recent years have seen a significant shift in both the treatments being offered and patient survival. These changes are reflected in newly published guidelines from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN). The update, titled “Mesothelioma: Pleural, Version 3.2026,” points…
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Mesothelioma Awareness Day Invigorates Push for Asbestos Ban
Mesothelioma Awareness Day was observed this past weekend. Events held across the nation brought renewed calls for Congress to ban asbestos once and for all, with the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) leading the effort. The powerful advocacy organization marked the day with its 21st annual Asbestos Awareness and Prevention Conference in Washington, D.C., where…
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Asbestos Fraud Prison Sentence Tied to Mesothelioma Threat
When the head of an Illinois-based asbestos abatement company falsely certified that a property he’d contracted to work on was clean, the contaminated material he left behind posed a significant risk of mesothelioma to workers and community members alike. After Carl Fioravanti, president of Lansing-based Alliance Environmental Control, Inc., pled guilty to federal wire fraud…
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As Mesothelioma Cases Rise, Experienced Representation Becomes More Important
Many people believe that the declining use of asbestos in the United States means that mesothelioma is not a disease of the past. But new data from NERA Economic Consulting’s 18th annual review of asbestos litigation trends shows that rather than declining, the number of mesothelioma diagnoses in the United States rose 7% in 2023,…
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Mesothelioma Cases Rising Among Those Exposed at Ground Zero
According to new CDC data and researchers who track 9/11 survivors’ long-term illnesses, mesothelioma is disproportionately being diagnosed among those who have enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Program that was established in the aftermath of the September 11th terror attacks.
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Mesothelioma Victim’s Claims Against Powder Maker Move Forward
Though talc companies continue to push back against claims that their products cause mesothelioma, victims continue to file lawsuits and continue winning in court. In the case of a California man whose suit named multiple defendants, a recent ruling saw a Los Angeles Superior Court judge deny a talcum powder manufacturer’s motion for summary judgment,…
