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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
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Delay in EPA Asbestos Hearing Worries Mesothelioma Advocates
Since Donald J. Trump was sworn in again as president, asbestos and mesothelioma advocates have been quietly concerned about what would happen to the recent progress made toward an asbestos ban. Though the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration issued a new rule prohibiting the ongoing use of chrysotile asbestos, the new leaders
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Asbestos Lung Cancer Victim Asks for $30 Million in Punitive Damages
Last October, a Connecticut jury found Johnson & Johnson (J&J) guilty of negligence and awarded asbestos lung cancer victim Evan Plotkin $15 million in compensatory damages. Now, Plotkin’s attorney is asking a judge to order the company to pay $30 million in punitive damages. In a hearing this week, J&J argued that its actions did
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Washington State Supreme Court Won’t Review $4.7 Mesothelioma Verdict
In 2022, a Washington state jury awarded $5.75 million to the family of mesothelioma victim Thomas R. Sorrentino. Though the award was reduced to $4.7 million, Volkswagen AG appealed the decision, and after their argument against liability was rejected by an appeals court, they asked the state’s Supreme Court to review their case. Last week,
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Researchers Identify New Target in Mesothelioma Treatment
Because malignant mesothelioma has proven to be so resistant to traditional cancer treatments, researchers spend a significant amount of time searching for what makes the rare form of cancer’s cells respond differently from others. A recent study by European researchers identified a new way to improve the impact of chemotherapy in killing mesothelioma tumor cells.
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RNA Sequencing Study Reveals Mesothelioma Cell Differentiators
Researchers have long known that mesothelioma tumor cells have diverse characteristics. These differences, known as cell heterogeneity, have a direct impact on how the disease progresses and what treatments will work best, and understanding them is essential to the successful development of targeted therapies. The differences have also made accurate diagnosis much more challenging. A
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Widow Prevails in Asbestos Case Against Late Husband’s Former Employer
Joseph Sanders died of colon cancer in 2018 after having years of occupational exposure to asbestos and other toxins while working for CSX Transportation, Inc. An Illinois jury recently awarded his widow, Annette, $2.2 million in damages after agreeing that the company had been negligent in its failure to provide him with a safe workplace.
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Despite Objections from Shipyard, Mesothelioma Victim Permitted to Pursue Claim
Nolan J. Lebouf Jr. was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma after having worked at the Avondale Shipyard in the 1970s and 1980s. He filed a personal injury lawsuit in Louisiana state court seeking damages from the shipyard for its failure to warn of the dangers of the asbestos he was exposed to or to protect him
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Mesothelioma Advocacy Group Fears Governmental Cuts to Research Funding
In the face of draconian cuts to thousands of federal jobs and programs, the nation’s only nonprofit charity organization dedicated to ending mesothelioma is ringing alarm bells about the future of funding for mesothelioma research. The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation’s Executive Director has requested that its entire membership and mailing list contact their congressional representative to
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Swiss Mesothelioma Case Referred to Country’s High Court
The survivors of a Swiss mesothelioma victim will take their father’s legal claim to the country’s high appeals court after the country failed to provide them with a fair hearing in February 2024. Marcel Jann’s son and widow requested a revision of the federal court after the European Court of Human Rights had condemned Switzerland’s
