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Court Denies Asbestos Company’s Request to Block Expert Witness in Mesothelioma Lawsuit
Nancy Little’s father, Robert L. Rabe, died of malignant mesothelioma in December of 2012 after years of working for the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. She has filed a mesothelioma lawsuit against The Budd Company, accusing them of exposing her father to asbestos in the pipe insulation that they supplied for the railroad’s railcars,
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13-Year Mesothelioma Survivor Celebrates Surgery Anniversary Every Year
When it comes to being a mesothelioma survivor, Heather Von St. James is one of the most remarkable cases of all. The Atlanta native was recently profiled by one of her local news stations to mark Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and she told the story of having been diagnosed 13 years earlier with the rare
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New York City Asbestos Litigation Court to Hear Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder Mesothelioma Lawsuit
The New York City court dedicated to hearing all asbestos litigation cases has ruled against parts of Johnson & Johnson’s motion for summary judgment in a mesothelioma lawsuit accusing the company’s baby powder product of causing a woman’s terminal illness. As a result, 65-year-old Donna A. Olson’s case against the consumer giant will be able
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Mesothelioma Victim Wins $30.2 Million Jury Award
A jury seated in Los Angeles Superior Court has ordered J-M Manufacturing and several other companies to pay 65-year-old Norris Morgan and his wife Lori over $30 million after determining that the company was responsible for the man’s malignant mesothelioma. The jury heard extensive evidence that Morgan was repeatedly exposed to asbestos in J-M Manufacturing’s
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Study Indicates Acupuncture Can Provide Real Relief for Mesothelioma Patients
A study presented at this year’s Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology Symposium has provided invaluable information for mesothelioma patients about a readily accessible route to pain and symptom relief. According to a study, cancer patients of all types were able to realize dramatic improvements in their overall sense of wellbeing following acupuncture treatments.
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Latest Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder Mesothelioma Case Ends In Hung Jury
The eyes of nearly 12,000 plaintiffs in pending lawsuits accusing Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder of causing either malignant mesothelioma or ovarian cancer were on a court room in South Carolina this week, waiting to hear what a jury would say in the retrial of a case involving a 30-year old woman who died after
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Tips For Dealing With Mesothelioma Stress
A mesothelioma diagnosis is an inescapable life event that turns everything in your world upside down. Between constant doctors’ appointments, your deteriorating health, and your concerns over family and finance, it’s easy to become overwhelmed and to spin yourself into a state of acute anxiety or depression. Here are some tips and techniques for staying
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Combining Immunotherapy With Radiation May Be Key to Mesothelioma Treatment
Immunotherapy represents one of the most promising new innovations in cancer treatment, with many people expressing optimism about the use of Keytruda and similar drugs, but for those researching treatments of malignant mesothelioma, initial reports have been less encouraging. Though headlines are being made about immunotherapy’s effectiveness in cancers like non-small cell lung cancer, lymphoma
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Clinical Testing of Anti-Tumor Mesothelioma Drug Begins
A phase 1 trial of a new mesothelioma and ovarian cancer drug has begun at the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health and Washington University at St. Louis, and mesothelioma victims are hopeful that it will provide the same positive results in humans as it has shown in initial laboratory testing. The
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Study Reveals Certain Shared Characteristics Linked to Longer Mesothelioma Survival
A remarkable study of mesothelioma patient survival times has identified specific characteristics that seem to portend longer survival times for those diagnosed with the rare form of cancer. The study’s results, which were published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, has led to researchers suggesting that people diagnosed with the disease pursue further cancer screening and
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Australian Mesothelioma Victim Raises Visibility of Dignity in Death Question
One of the first and most important things that a patient diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma learns about their disease is that it is always considered fatal: the rare form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos is always deadly, and when the end comes, it can be excruciating. Australian resident Tim Edwards, who was 67
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Top 5 U.S. States for Mesothelioma and Asbestos Deaths
Mesothelioma is just one of several asbestos-related diseases that devastate people all around the world, as well as here in the United States. Exposure to asbestos comes in many forms, but in the overwhelming majority of cases it is a result of occupational exposure. Though asbestos impacts people everywhere in the United States, a recent
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
