Lung Cancer Victims Granted Right to Join Asbestos Lawsuits

Asbestos has caused malignant mesothelioma and lung cancer for centuries, but it’s only been in the last 50 years that experts have connected its fibers to the deaths of those exposed to it. Since then, so many victims have taken legal action against the companies that negligently exposed them that the courts are filled with

Judge Denies Auto Parts Manufacturer’s Bid for Dismissal from Lung Cancer Claim 

Winfield P. Frederick is a former auto and cruise ship engine mechanic who was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2017. He filed a personal injury claim against multiple defendants whose asbestos-contaminated parts he blamed for his illness, including Western Auto Supply Company. Though the company asked for the case against them to be dismissed, the

Goodyear’s Argument Against Lung Cancer Liability Fails

Robert O. Waldon died of lung cancer after years of having been exposed to asbestos in Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company gaskets. His survivors filed a personal injury lawsuit against the company, accusing them of negligence in having exposed him to the deadly material, without warning. Though the company attempted to have the case against

Asbestos Lung Cancer Victim Awarded $38 Million by New York Jury

August saw the end to a long journey to justice for a 66-year-old asbestos lung cancer victim. The immigrant and former boiler worker and his wife were awarded $38 million in damages by a New York jury that agreed that commercial boiler manufacturer Burnham LLC was liable for his illness, despite his extensive history of

Does Depression’s Role in Lung Cancer Survival Apply to Mesothelioma?

A study conducted by psychologists at The Ohio State University reveals that lung cancer patients suffering from moderate to severe depression are two-to-three times more likely to experience poor survival. The report gives rise to questions of whether the same would apply to those diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Goodyear Blamed for Woman’s Asbestos-Related Lung Cancer

Edith Niedert never dreamed that the simple task of washing her husband’s work clothes would lead to being diagnosed with asbestos-related lung cancer. But 40 years of exposure to asbestos dust added up, and now she and her husband have filed suit against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, whose gaskets and gasket materials Mr. Niedert

Woman’s Asbestos-related Lung Cancer Blamed on Second-Hand Exposure

A lawsuit making its way through the Louisiana court system is profiling how mesothelioma and other deadly diseases can afflict people who have never personally worked with asbestos. Joyce Allen died of asbestos-related lung cancer that is being blamed on asbestos carried into her home on her husband Odell’s work clothes. Though the companies named

Court Backs Asbestos Lung Cancer Victim in Dispute with Shipyard

Ora Jean Adams was diagnosed with asbestos-related lung cancer in May of 2019 after spending years laundering her pipefitter husband’s clothing. She filed suit against Avondale Shipyards, arguing that the company had failed to provide her husband with a safe place to work and for failing to warn that exposure to asbestos could lead to

Goodyear Must Face Former Carpenter Over Asbestos-Related Lung Cancer 

A New York judge has denied The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a man diagnosed with asbestos-related lung cancer. Though the company argued that the tiles Ferdinand Catapano worked with contained no asbestos, testimony from both the victim and a former Goodyear floor tile development contradicted this assertion,

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