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Mesothelioma Survivors and Advocates Invited to Attend 18th Annual ADAO Conference
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), a global leader in asbestos-related disease prevention, medical treatments, and advocacy, invites mesothelioma survivors and advocates, medical professionals, policy makers, and others to their 18th Annual International Conference. The theme of this year’s gathering, to be held on September 9, 2023, is Exploring the Intersection of Art, Advocacy, and Academia.
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Punitive Damages Charge to Remain in Mesothelioma Claim Against Boiler Manufacturer
Over the course of his long career as an oil burner serviceman for Madison Fuel Oil Company, Michael F. Brady was exposed to many asbestos-contaminated parts, and his family blames that exposure for his death from malignant mesothelioma in 2021. Burnham LLC was among the many companies the family named in their personal injury claim.
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Brake Manufacturer Must Face Jury in Woman’s Mesothelioma Death After Court Overturns Earlier Dismissal
Joan Smith died of malignant mesothelioma, a fatal form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Her family blamed her illness on second-hand exposure suffered when laundering her husband’s work clothes, and filed suit against the companies whose products he’d worked with. Though a brake manufacturer that supplied her husband’s work products successfully had the
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Power Company Cannot Evade Trial in Electrician’s Mesothelioma Death
Alvin Smith’s malignant mesothelioma diagnosis and death followed years of working as an electrician at various worksites in New York. In pursuing justice on his behalf, his family filed a personal injury lawsuit that named dozens of defendants, including the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) and Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO). Though the companies attempted
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New York Judge Denies Summary Judgment in Mesothelioma Claim
When Dykes Lumber Company was named a defendant in Raphael Sason’s mesothelioma claim, the company quickly moved to have the case against them dismissed. But summary judgment is not easily granted: it requires meeting a high bar of establishing that there are no issues of fact to be resolved. In this case, Justice Adam Silvera of
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Fire Door Manufacturer Fails in Attempt to Evade Mesothelioma Lawsuit
James Witte died of malignant mesothelioma in 2021, but before he succumbed to his disease, he and his wife Holly filed suit against the companies that they blamed for his exposure to asbestos. Among the defendants was a fire door company whose asbestos-contaminated doors he’d encountered while supervising the renovation of an old Broadway theater. Though
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Mechanic’s Mesothelioma Claim Against Auto Parts Company to Proceed
Joseph Munna’s career as an auto mechanic lasted for decades, and apparently led to his eventual development of malignant mesothelioma. Following his diagnosis with the terminal disease, he filed a personal injury lawsuit seeking compensation from multiple companies, including Advance Auto, whose parts he says were contaminated with asbestos. Though Advance Auto filed a motion
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Mesothelioma Victims’ Families Granted Right to Consolidate Cases
Nobody knows exactly how many people have died due to asbestos exposure, but based on the number of mesothelioma victims that come forward each year, it’s clear that there are hundreds of thousands, if not more. With only a few attorneys specializing in representing these types of cases, it makes sense that they would frequently
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Despite Bowling Accessory Company’s Objections, Mesothelioma Victim’s Family Can Pursue Its Claim
After Debra Manns died of malignant mesothelioma, her family members filed a wrongful death lawsuit seeking compensation from multiple companies that they blamed for exposing her to the asbestos that caused her fatal illness. Among the defendants was Master Industries Worldwide, a firm that specializes in bowling accessories. Though the company filed a motion to
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Victim of Asbestos in Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder Wins $18.8 Million Mesothelioma Verdict
Though controversial legal steps have allowed Johnson & Johnson to stall and delay thousands of asbestos claims, the case of mesothelioma victim Anthony Hernandez Valadez was allowed to proceed because of his failing health. Last week, a jury in Oakland, California found the company guilty of having caused the young man’s fatal cancer and ordered
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Researchers in Japan Use Radiosensitizing Compound to Boost Radiation’s Impact on Mesothelioma Tumors
Among the many challenges posed by malignant mesothelioma is the fact that the rare form of cancer’s tumors have an irregular shape that makes targeted radiation difficult and risks damage to nearby organs. The inability to fully use this treatment has long handicapped physicians, but now Japanese researchers have identified a way to boost the
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Mesothelioma Treatment May Benefit from New Israeli Technology
Like many other cancers, malignant mesothelioma cells express a protein called PD-1. Though this protein is meant to protect the body from infection, cancer cells compromise its mechanism and use it to protect themselves. Immunotherapy targets PD-1, inhibiting its action so that mesothelioma cells are vulnerable to cancer treatments, but the protocol doesn’t work for
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Chinese Researchers Find Potential Tool for Faster Mesothelioma Diagnosis
The days and weeks between developing symptoms of malignant mesothelioma and getting a firm diagnosis can be incredibly stressful. Faced with the possibility of a terminal disease, patients must go through blood tests, imaging scans, and biopsies to be sure of what they’re dealing with, and to learn how advanced their disease is. But new
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Appellate Court Decides Against Kaiser Gypsum in $20 Million Punitive Damages Case
Patricia Casey’s husband John died of malignant pleural mesothelioma following a decades-long career as a plumber and pipefitter at construction sites. When the couple filed personal injury claims against more than 60 asbestos companies, most settled out of court, leaving Kaiser Gypsum one of the few companies at trial. The jury found the company guilty
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Italian Study Offers Mesothelioma Patients Way to Reduce Number of CT Scans
Once patients have been diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma, they work with their physicians to establish a treatment protocol and put a plan into action. But not every approach works as well as hoped, and success needs to constantly be checked so that it can be continued or discarded in favor of something else. Though
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Australian Government Ordered to Pay in Mesothelioma Death of Husband and Wife
When someone in your family is diagnosed with mesothelioma, it opens the door to pain, anger, heartache, and grief. But imagine the same thing happening twice in your family. That is exactly what happened to the Pond family of Australia. This week a judge awarded the couple’s daughter more than $600,000, to be paid to
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Plumber’s Mesothelioma Claim to Continue Against Water Heater Company
When mesothelioma victims file claims against the companies they blame for exposing them to asbestos, those companies have a few choices for how to proceed. They can settle out of court, thus avoiding costly and time-consuming litigation and providing the victims with the compensation they need and deserve. They can choose to defend themselves in
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New Jersey Bankruptcy Court Hears Arguments Regarding J&J Mesothelioma Litigation
In the latest chapter on the legal battle between mesothelioma and ovarian cancer victims and consumer giant Johnson & Johnson, the last week of June saw attorneys presenting oral arguments to New Jersey bankruptcy court judge Michael Kaplan. Notably, this time around, representatives for the victims spoke in support of what the company was proposing.
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Man Blames Mesothelioma on Asbestos in Printing Press
Jean Castagna died of malignant mesothelioma, but before his death he filed a personal injury lawsuit against several companies that he blamed for having exposed him to the asbestos that caused his fatal illness. Among the defendants is Komori America Corporation, a printing press manufacturer. Though the company argued against being held liable for his
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Jury Awards Mesothelioma Victim’s Family $107 Million in Compensatory & Punitive Damages
The family of a 46-year-old janitor who died of malignant pleural mesothelioma has been awarded $107 million in compensatory and punitive damages by a California jury. Following a two-phase trial, the twelve-person-jury assigned blame to Union Carbide Corporation, Elementis Chemicals, and E.F. Brady Co., Inc.
