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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,…
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Indian Mesothelioma Patients Extend Survival Using Immunotherapy Combination
While immunotherapy has been increasingly used to treat mesothelioma in the United States, other countries have been slower to adopt the innovative treatment. A study from oncologists at Geetanjali Medical College in Udaipur, India, indicates that a chemotherapy-free treatment approach delivered to patients at a tertiary care center delivered real, lasting results. The real-world study…
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Mesothelioma Misdiagnosis Can Go in Both Directions
Mesothelioma is extremely difficult to diagnose, and a missed diagnosis can lead to deadly delays in treatment. But just as it’s important to correctly and quickly identify the rare, asbestos-related disease, patients with symptoms of mesothelioma need to work with experienced professionals to ensure that they don’t have some other, dangerous condition. A newly published…
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Mesothelioma Chemotherapy Drug Shortages Continue
As if a mesothelioma diagnosis isn’t stressful enough, patients diagnosed with the rare and fatal asbestos-related disease continue to face chemotherapy drug shortages. The shortage has been an issue since 2023, and a newly released survey shows things have only gotten worse. The questionnaire was sent to members of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN),…
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Appeals Court Upholds Win for Mesothelioma Widow Against GE
Mesothelioma widow Linda Horton has won a second victory over General Electric, this time from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The appellate judges affirmed a lower court’s decision to allow her late husband’s asbestos claim to be sent back to Kentucky state court. Though GE had hoped that the case could…
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Talc Exposure Increasingly Cited in Mesothelioma Lawsuits
According to a report from a Washington-based consultancy that tracks U.S. asbestos lawsuits, the last few years have seen a dramatic surge in mesothelioma claims citing talc as the source of exposure. KCIC’s 2025 Asbestos Litigation: Year in Review found that talc-related allegations now represent four of every ten mesothelioma claims, representing a 17% increase…
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UK Research Suggests Potential for Earlier Mesothelioma Detection Through Breath Test
In addition to being one of the most challenging cancers to treat, mesothelioma is one of the hardest cancers to catch early. It can take 40 or more years after asbestos exposure for symptoms like shortness of breath or fluid buildup around the lungs to appear, and by then, the disease is often too far…
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WTC Documents Reveal Post-9/11 Asbestos Cover-Up, Mesothelioma Risk
It’s long been known that the tragedy of the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center was not limited to the day’s deaths: since then, thousands have died of mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases that have long latency periods. Now, New York City’s administration has released documents showing that city and federal officials knew…
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Mesothelioma Patients May Benefit from Proton Therapy Advance
People diagnosed with mesothelioma are frequently prescribed radiation therapy, whether as part of a curative approach or to relieve the symptoms created by the disease’s aggressive tumors. The treatment regimen can be grueling, with daily treatments scheduled over a period of weeks and side effects that can interfere with functions like eating and swallowing. Now,…
