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Revised FEMA Cleanup Policy Raises Mesothelioma Concerns
Revisions to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster clean-up policies are raising concerns about future diagnoses of mesothelioma among health care professionals and asbestos awareness advocates. The agency has announced that it will not be conducting additional soil tests to confirm that the earth under former home sites is free of toxins.
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Study of Mesothelioma Tumors Reveals Factors Leading to Diverse Outcomes
A study conducted by researchers has identified the complex interplay between mesothelioma’s tumor genome, the tumor microenvironment, and clinical outcomes in the rare, asbestos-related disease. Their results highlight the need for sophisticated profiling of individual patients to ensure that treatments offered are most appropriate to their genetic profile.
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New Jersey Teacher Blames Appendix Cancer on Asbestos in School Building
A New Jersey teacher and her husband have filed a personal injury lawsuit against the school district where she taught for years, accusing them of negligence in having exposed her to asbestos dust and fibers.
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Asbestos Companies Object to Bankruptcy Trusts’ Planned Deletion of Mesothelioma Claims
Some of the biggest asbestos bankruptcy trusts established to compensate victims of mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases have announced plans to destroy documents and data related to already-resolved claims. While WR Grace, Babcock & Wilcox, Pittsburgh Corning, and Owens Corning say they are doing so to protect personal and sensitive information, asbestos companies that have
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Asbestos Testing Increases Fears of Mesothelioma Following California Fires
January’s wildfires in California may be in the past, but the devastation remains and has been made worse by fears that asbestos in damaged homes may raise the risk of mesothelioma. A recent survey found that many of the properties burned in the fire tested positive for the carcinogenic material, with more found in properties
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Massachusetts Vet Blames Naval and Non-Naval Asbestos Exposure for Mesothelioma
Last February, Robert Spiro and his wife Nancy filed a mesothelioma lawsuit against multiple companies for their negligence in exposing him to asbestos and failing to warn him of its dangers. Their personal injury claim also singles out Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, accusing them of a conspiracy to withhold, alter, suppress, and misrepresent information about
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Failure to Inspect Schools with Asbestos Puts NYC Teachers, Students, & Staff at Risk for Mesothelioma
An audit conducted by the New York City Comptroller’s Office has raised fears that teachers, students, and staff in the city’s schools may have suffered years of asbestos exposure that will increase their risk of mesothelioma. The comptroller’s office found that the city’s Department of Education failed to inspect more than 82% of the city’s
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Philadelphia-based Biotherapeutics Company Announces Phase I Mesothelioma Trial
The constant quest for effective treatments for malignant mesothelioma has led researchers in many different directions, including a novel approach being pursued by a Philadelphia-based biotherapeutics company. Today, Context Therapeutics announced that the first patient has been dosed in their Phase I clinical trial of their product CT-95, a mesothelin x CD3 T-cell engaging bispecific
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Mesothelioma Victims Appeal Court’s Approval of Talc Supplier’s Bankruptcy Filing
Two years ago, cosmetic talc supplier Whittaker, Clark, & Daniels was ordered to pay $29 million to a woman diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma that she blamed on asbestos in the company’s product. Months later, facing thousands of similar claims, the company filed for bankruptcy despite being owned by conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway. After a New Jersey bankruptcy
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California Couple Blames Dozens of Companies for His Mesothelioma
Last month, Joseph B. Hunter, Jr. and his wife Claire filed a personal injury lawsuit blaming multiple companies for his mesothelioma diagnosis. According to the couple’s claim, dozens of companies including American Biltrite, Carrier Corporation, General Electric, and Kaiser Gypsum negligently and carelessly made, sold, or distributed asbestos-containing products that they knew were dangerous to
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UK Man Seeks Compensation After Work on Orient Express Leads to Mesothelioma
Malignant mesothelioma is diagnosed in roughly 3,000 Americans each year, but the United States is not the only country whose citizens have been affected by the rare asbestos-related disease. Many countries face even greater impact, with the United Kingdom having one of the highest per capita incidence rates in the world. Recently, an electrician and
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Man’s Mesothelioma Blamed on His Own and His Father’s Millwright Work
After years of both he and his father before him working as a millwright and laborer, Barney Horton, Jr. was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma. In November, he and his wife Linda filed a complaint against multiple companies and manufacturers that they blame for having exposed him and his father to asbestos, including General Electric Company,
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Asbestos Victims See Johnson & Johnson’s Third Bankruptcy Attempt Fail
Tens of thousands of mesothelioma and ovarian cancer victims have been closely following Johnson & Johnson’s repeated attempts to use a controversial bankruptcy strategy to shield themselves from asbestos liability. Yesterday, the consumer giant saw a federal bankruptcy judge in Houston, Texas reject their third request.
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Mesothelioma Advocates Celebrate 20th Annual National Asbestos Awareness Week
From April 1 to April 7, mesothelioma and asbestos victims in the United States and around the world are celebrating Asbestos Awareness Week. Calling April “a time to run reflection into action,” Co-founder, President, and CEO of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) Linda Reinstein said that the 20th National Asbestos Awareness Week and the 21st Global Asbestos Awareness
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Pipefitter’s Family Pursues Justice After Mesothelioma Death
David l. Dunlavey died of malignant mesothelioma after a decades-long career as a pipefitter and steamfitter. Following his death, his surviving family members filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the many companies that they blame for having exposed him to asbestos in various locations, including on several Navy ships.
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Plumbing and HVAC Manufacturers and Suppliers Named in Mesothelioma Suit
Along with his wife, mesothelioma victim Frank K. Krohmer of South Dakota has filed a personal injury lawsuit against multiple manufacturers and suppliers whose asbestos-containing products he blames for his fatal illness. Mr. Krohmer was diagnosed with the disease on August 7, 2024.
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Brake Grinder Company Responsible for 15% of Mesothelioma Victim’s $18 Million Verdict
Denise Cook named several different companies as defendants when she filed her mesothelioma lawsuit in Florida state court. By the time the case went to trial, only one defendant — Hennessy Industries — was left. The twelve day trial concluded with the Fort Lauderdale jury awarding her $18 million and assigning 15% responsibility, or $2.7
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Appeals Court Grants Mesothelioma Victim Win Over Foreign Car Parts Companies
Raul Hernandez died of malignant mesothelioma after a forty-year career as an automobile mechanic. When his survivors sued for compensation from the companies that exposed him to asbestos, two of them filed motions to quash the service of summonses to them, arguing that the California courts lacked personal jurisdiction over them as foreign companies that
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Citing Asbestos Exposure, Navy Veteran Files Mesothelioma Lawsuit Against Dozens of Companies
In late November of last year, John D. Read and Sandra Read of California filed a mesothelioma lawsuit against 3M Company, Air & Liquid Systems Corporation, and dozens of others, blaming the companies for negligently exposing him to asbestos resulting in his diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma. The couple accuses the named defendants of knowing that
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Widow Awarded $16 Million in Asbestos Lung Cancer Case
When Steve Kotzerke was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma lung cancer, the non-smoker traced his deadly cancer to exposure to asbestos supplied by Canadian supplier Asbestos Corporation Ltd. Following his 2022 death at the age of 67, his widow filed a lawsuit against the company on behalf of their family. Last week, a Washington state Superior Court judge
