-
Jury Awards $32.7 Million to Widow of Tire Plant Worker With Mesothelioma
Just 2 1/2 years after Franklin Finch and his wife Ann learned that he had malignant mesothelioma and a year and a half after Mr. Finch’s death, a North Carolina jury has awarded his widow $32.7 million. The couple filed a mesothelioma lawsuit against Covil Corporation in August of 2016, accusing the now-defunct pipe insulation
-
Australian Mesothelioma Victims Plead for Access to Keytruda Benefit
Australia has the second highest rate of malignant mesothelioma in the world. There are a lot of reasons for this, but the most obvious is that between the 1950s and 1970s, it had the highest per capita rate of asbestos use in the world. Roughly 700 Australians die of the asbestos-related disease each year, yet
-
Study Shows Mesothelioma Tumors Grow Faster In Elderly Lab Animals
In an effort to understand why some malignant mesothelioma victims succumb so much faster than others, researchers from Curtin University in Australia have discovered that certain immune cells known as macrophages actually work against the body’s ability to fight off cancerous tumors in elderly laboratory animals. The group believes that the same dynamic is likely
-
Retired Teacher Wins His Battle for Compensation After Mesothelioma Diagnosis
When Roger Hall was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma in 2015, he knew exactly how he got the deadly asbestos-related disease. Hall had been a teacher at the Letcher County High School from 1976 through his retirement in 2003. He remembered when the old high school building was replaced with a newly constructed one in 1992,
-
Second Study Points to Essential Role of Surgery for Patients with All Mesothelioma Subtypes
Researchers from the University of Arizona have just issued the results of a mesothelioma study showing that surgery benefits patients diagnosed with sarcomatous and biphasic mesothelioma. This strengthens the findings of a similar study published just a month ago by researchers from Allegheny General Hospital, the University and Pennsylvania and the Maryland Proton Treatment Center
-
Telemedicine Helps Mesothelioma Patients Get the Treatment they Need
One of the biggest hurdles faced by many mesothelioma patients is their own geography: those who live far from the university hospitals that offer the most advanced diagnostic and treatment capabilities face the difficult choice of denying themselves state-of-the-art treatment or leaving their home and their loved ones at great physical and emotional cost as
-
Justice Dept. Actions May Interfere With Asbestos Trust Fund for Mesothelioma Victims
The Department of Justice has announced that it will be taking a closer look at the administration of asbestos trust funds, and that has alarmed many mesothelioma victims and their advocates. The asbestos trust fund system was established decades ago in response to asbestos companies filing for bankruptcy as they faced increasing legal liability for
-
Asbestos Tile Company Can’t Evade Court in Mesothelioma Case
The Supreme Court of New York County recently decided in favor of the family of a mesothelioma victim and against the asbestos tile company that the family blames for the death of their loved one. The decision means that the man’s survivors will be able to proceed with their mesothelioma lawsuit seeking justice for the
-
German Researchers Work Towards More Sensitive Mesothelioma Blood Test
Of all the breakthroughs that malignant mesothelioma researchers are working towards, one that is seen as having critical value is an early detection tool. Because the rare and deadly form of cancer’s diagnosis always comes so late in the disease’s spread, it leaves physicians with few treatment protocols, and leaves patients with extremely short survival
-
Study of People From Asbestos-Contaminated Village Discover That Children’s Mesothelioma Risk Is Different From That of Adults
When a town is exposed to high levels of asbestos, the entire community is at risk for malignant mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases. This has happened in the town of Libby, Montana, as well as those who lived in Wittenoom, Australia, a town that was literally shut down as a result of contamination from a
-
Companies Accused of Causing Mesothelioma Claim Bias from New York Asbestos Court
The city of New York is where many of the country’s mesothelioma and asbestos-related disease lawsuits are heard. It is the location of an asbestos court that has been established specifically to address the various issues involving asbestos exposure. However, many of the asbestos companies that face accusations of negligence and claims of liability are
-
New York Study Reveals Improved Mesothelioma Survival With Conservative Surgery
One of the most frequently-debated issues amongst those providing treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma is whether to a conservative surgical approach called pleurectomy decortication (PD) or the more aggressive extra pleural pneumonectomy (EPP) procedure that removes the entire lung. Each technique has its proponents, but a recent study conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine
-
Newly Announced Grant Adds $10.7 Million in Funding for Mesothelioma Research
The National Cancer Institute has just announced that it will be providing a $10.7 million grant to support research into an innovative treatment for malignant mesothelioma. The funding will go to the Translational Center of Excellence for Lung Cancer Immunology at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania so that researchers there can
-
Supreme Court of New York County Upholds Jury’s Decision in Woman’s Peritoneal Mesothelioma Case
The Supreme Court of New York County recently heard an appeal of a case involving a woman’s diagnosis and death from peritoneal mesothelioma. Though the company named responsible for her illness argued against the verdict, the higher court agreed with the jury, agreeing that the evidence supported their conclusion that her illness had been caused
-
Florida Supreme Court Reinstates $8 Million Mesothelioma Award
It’s been a long and challenging legal journey for mesothelioma victim Richard De Lisle, but after years of court battles saw him awarded $8 million by a jury only to have the 4th District Court of Appeals overturn the ruling, he has finally won. Upon hearing arguments on his behalf, the Florida Supreme Court ruled
-
Is Artificial Intelligence the Future of Mesothelioma Diagnosis?
Artificial intelligence sounds more like something out of a science fiction movie than a tool for doctors to diagnose malignant mesothelioma. But researchers who are working to perfect the transformative technology are predicting that it will become an integral tool in quickly and accurately identifying the rare and fatal form of cancer, that will allow
-
Mesothelioma Widow Prevails Against Louisiana Pacific Corporation
In many instances, when people are seeking justice following a malignant mesothelioma loss, they are pursuing the asbestos companies that provided the materials that were contaminated by the carcinogenic material. But there are just as many cases in which employees or their survivors pursue workers’ compensation claims against their former employers. The Workers’ Compensation Court
-
Swiss Researchers Find Novel Way to Administer Cancer and Mesothelioma-Fighting Compound
People diagnosed with all types of cancer, including malignant pleural mesothelioma, have been encouraged by reports that a compound found in red wine might help to minimize the impact of the disease, but the discovery has met with several challenges. Initial reports of laboratory success were tempered by word that the compound, known as resveratrol,
-
Study Shows Recommendations Against Surgery Work Against Mesothelioma Patients
A new study of mesothelioma patient outcomes is raising important questions about recommended treatment protocols for patients with all types of malignant pleural mesothelioma. The study, a collaborative effort between the Maryland Proton Treatment Center, Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh and Penn Medicine in Philadelphia, was the largest of its kind: it compared survival times
-
Mobile App Will Make Finding The Right Mesothelioma Care Easier
We all know that mobile apps and smart phones have made our lives infinitely easier, but few mesothelioma patients dreamed that ease would reach as far as helping them identify appropriate medical care. That is exactly what is being promised by an app called Driver that was recently introduced in the United States and China.
