Though attorneys for two different manufacturers argued against it, a federal court in Pennsylvania has ruled that a former Navy captain can offer expert testimony on the presence of asbestos on Navy ships. The case involves a Philadelphia Naval Shipyard worker who died of asbestos-related lung cancer.
Swindon is a small town in the United Kingdom where being diagnosed with mesothelioma is so common that residents call it the “Swindon disease.” To honor the memory of those who’ve been lost to the rare, asbestos-related disease and to raise awareness of the dangers of exposure, dozens of victims’ families met in Queen’s Park,
Mesothelioma and other asbestos-related cancers have long been linked to earlier work at Navy shipyards, but winning compensation from that type of occupational exposure has had its challenges. That’s why a new federal ruling is offering those affected by these diseases so much hope. U.S. District Judge Bartle denied a motion to block testimony from
Many people believe that the declining use of asbestos in the United States means that mesothelioma is not a disease of the past. But new data from NERA Economic Consulting’s 18th annual review of asbestos litigation trends shows that rather than declining, the number of mesothelioma diagnoses in the United States rose 7% in 2023,
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It’s long been known that the tragedy of the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center was not limited to the day’s deaths: since then, thousands have died of mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases that have long latency periods. Now, New York City’s administration has released documents showing that city and federal officials knew
Vi-Jon LLC, a St. Louis-based manufacturer of private-label talc products sold at Walmart, Dollar General, Kroger, and Walgreens, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to resolve hundreds of mesothelioma and asbestos injury claims. The company has proposed establishing a $25 million trust, saying that the move is necessary after a 400% surge in talc
According to a new study published in the journal Clinical Lung Cancer, researchers from Heidelberg University and 11 other German cancer centers have found that, in 72% of cases, mesothelioma patients who receive platinum and pemetrexed chemotherapy after their first-line immunotherapy treatment stops working can achieve a median overall survival of 11.5 months and disease
Hearing the word “mesothelioma” from a doctor is one of the most frightening moments a person can experience. In that moment, it can feel like the only thing left to do is start treatment immediately. But before moving forward, taking the time to seek a second opinion from a mesothelioma specialist may be one of
A new Phase 2 clinical trial called CHIMERA is testing whether adding the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab to standard chemotherapy before and after surgery can dramatically improve outcomes in resectable pleural mesothelioma. The researchers hope that the approach will increase the rate of complete tumor elimination from approximately 5% with chemotherapy alone to 18% in patients