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Court Rules that Acquisitions, Mergers, Name Changes, and Sales Don’t Erase Mesothelioma Liability
Eric Cislo blames his malignant mesothelioma on asbestos carried home on his father’s clothing when he was a child. But when he filed a personal injury lawsuit against the company that manufactured and sold the asbestos-contaminated equipment his father worked with, the company asked to have his claim dismissed, arguing that a series of acquisitions,
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World Trade Center Work Cited in Mesothelioma Lawsuit
A man stricken with malignant mesothelioma has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the company that applied asbestos to New York’s iconic World Trade Center. William Theophil has accused Arconic, Inc., formerly known as Aluminum Company of America, or ALCOA, of negligence in its application of fireproofing spray in Tower A while he was working there
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EPA Marks Clean-up Progress in Libby Area Responsible for Mesothelioma Deaths
Libby, Montana is in a beautiful part of the country, but its reputation will forever be tied to mesothelioma and asbestosis. The town was the location of the W.R. Grace and Company vermiculite mine that contaminated its surroundings with asbestos. The entire area became an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund site and was placed on
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Louisiana Court Denies Bid to Block Mesothelioma Expert’s Testimony
Malignant mesothelioma claimed Callen Cortez’s life, but this week a Louisiana court gave his family some hope in their quest for justice. The court denied a request from defendant Hopeman Brothers, Inc. that would have blocked expert witness testimony about the amount of asbestos that Cortez suffered in his workplace.
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Innovative Treatment Eliminates Mesothelioma Tumors in Mice
Researchers at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have announced that an innovative “drug factory” treatment entirely eliminated advanced stage malignant mesothelioma tumors in laboratory mice. The technology, which was originally developed for the treatment of patients with ovarian cancer, will likely be tested on mesothelioma patients in late 2023.
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Could a Computer Program Improve Cancer Treatment for Mesothelioma Patients?
Every breakthrough in cancer treatment represents new hope for patients diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma, the rare and fatal disease caused by exposure to asbestos. But even with breakthroughs, patients diagnosed with all types of cancer are vulnerable to disease progression or death from treatment-related side effects. An Australian researcher hopes that a simple computer program
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Court Denies Company’s Bid to Evade Mesothelioma Responsibility
When an individual is diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma, one of the first things they do as part of their quest for justice is to identify the companies responsible for exposing them to asbestos. The list is frequently long, as their work environments typically contained multiple contaminated products. Named defendants often try to evade these claims.
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UK Mesothelioma Advocates See More White-Collar Workers Being Affected by Asbestos
The United Kingdom has the dubious distinction of having the highest incidence rate of malignant mesothelioma in the world. While the vast majority of those diagnosed with the rare, asbestos-related disease have been those whose professions had them directly handling or working with the carcinogenic material, the last several years have seen a notable shift,
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Court Denies Colgate Palmolive’s Request to Dismiss Woman’s Mesothelioma Claim
While mesothelioma and ovarian cancer patients who blame talc in Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder for their illnesses wait to hear whether they can pursue personal injury claims, victims who have used other products are waging their own legal battles. Colgate-Palmolive has been named in numerous asbestos-contamination suits, and the Supreme Court of New York
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84-Year-Old Mesothelioma Victim Wins Right to Have Case Heard in NYC
Eighty-four-year-old Gerald Wagner traces his malignant mesothelioma to the years when he served in the U.S. Navy, and on the years following when he worked onboard a freighter. He filed a mesothelioma lawsuit in the New York Asbestos court against U.S. Steel Corporation after tracing his asbestos exposure back to the company. Though U.S. Steel
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Iowa Supreme Court Reverses Lower Courts in Favor of Mesothelioma Victim’s Family
In a decision that clarifies recently passed state tort laws, the Supreme Court of Iowa reversed the decision of a lower court in favor of a mesothelioma plaintiff, allowing the victim’s family’s case to proceed to a jury trial. At issue was the question of whether a provision in the new laws granted immunity to
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Following Mesothelioma Claims, Johnson & Johnson to Stop Global Sales of Talc
Facing tens of thousands of mesothelioma and ovarian cancer claims, international consumer giant Johnson & Johnson has announced that it will discontinue global sales of its talc-based baby powder next year. The company had previously halted the sale of the products in the United States and Canada in 2020, replacing the talc in the product
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Couple Blames His Mesothelioma on Failures of 3M Mask
In 2019, Larry Roemmich was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma, the rare form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Roeemmich had spent twenty-seven years working at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) as an insulator. Over eight of those years he wore a protective mask manufactured and sold by 3M Company. Roemmich and his wife named
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Proposed Change in New York Law Would Impact Mesothelioma Victims’ Families
The families of New Yorkers lost to malignant mesothelioma are waiting and watching as New York Governor Kathy Hochul considers a bill that’s been sent to her for signature. The Grieving Families Act (Senate Bill S74A) would be the first change to the state’s wrongful death statute since 1847. It would dramatically expand the damages
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Study Shows the Right Mesothelioma Surgery is the One the Patient Can Best Tolerate
Not every patient diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma is eligible for surgery, but those who are surgical candidates face a significant dilemma. Should they opt for extrapleural pneumonectomy, an aggressive surgery that removes the pleural membrane, the most affected lung, and all evidence of cancer? Or should they choose the less invasive pleurectomy and decortication
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New Drug Combination Shows Promise as Second-Line Mesothelioma Treatment
Researchers from The Netherland Cancer Institute in Amsterdam presented the results of a recent mesothelioma study at the recent International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 2022 World Conference. The PEMMELA study explored whether combining two medications, pembrolizumab (Keytruda) with lenvatinib (Lenvima), would lead to improved median overall survival and progression-free survival in patients
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Judge Rejects Asbestos Company’s Appeal, Mesothelioma Victim’s Family to Keep Damages Award
It’s been nearly ten years since Stephen Stewart was first diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma, and three years since a South Carolina jury ordered dryer felt company Scapa Waycross, Inc. to pay the man’s family a total of $700,000 — later amended to $1 million — for his economic damages and the pain and suffering that
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Building Company Must Face Jury in Mesothelioma Case
Malignant mesothelioma lawsuits pit victims of asbestos exposure and their families against the companies that put them at risk. Though individual families may seem disadvantaged when battling billion-dollar companies, the recent case of a worker sickened by asbestos-contaminated joint compound shows that the rules of the justice system level the playing field, giving plaintiffs a fighting
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Mesothelioma Researchers View NIPEC Treatment with Optimism
Though malignant mesothelioma most frequently develops in the pleural cavity, approximately 15% of victims are diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma. The tumors, which appear in the abdominal cavity, are generally treated with a combination of cytoreductive surgery followed by the site being bathed in heated chemotherapy solution. In recent years a new treatment called NIPEC, or
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Lawsuit Blames Homeowner’s Mesothelioma Death on Product Used in Remodeling Project
Esther D. Mellor died eighteen months after her diagnosis with malignant mesothelioma, but before her death she filed an asbestos lawsuit against Union Carbide Corporation and other defendants. She claimed that she had been exposed to the company’s asbestos in a joint compound used to remodel her home in the 1960s and 1970s. The asbestos
