Personal Injury Law

Libby Residents Relate Gains, Drawbacks of Asbestos Aid

Posted on August 25, 2010
Quoted from http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/libby_residents_relate_gains_drawbacks_of_asbestos_aid/19253/ Libby Residents Relate Gains, Drawbacks of AsbestosAid   By Dan Testa , 08-24-10 LIBBY ? Though the visit by Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to this Lincoln County community was brief, it is possible she gained some insights Monday afternoon into what residents here want and need ? and [...

N.J. appellate court upholds $7M award from Exxon to woman handling husband?s asbestos-laden clothing

Posted on August 23, 2010
Quoted from http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/08/nj_appellate_court_upholds_7m.html N.J. appellate court upholds $7M award from Exxon to woman handling husband’s asbestos-laden clothing Published: Friday, August 20, 2010, 2:05 PM Updated: Saturday, August 21, 2010, 12:06 PM Peggy Ackermann/Statehouse Bureau             TRENTON ? A Berkeley Heights woman who [...

CARD Foundation receives 10K donation

Posted on August 18, 2010
Quoted from http://www.thewesternnews.com/news/article_e6e92cb0-aa7b-11df-bc0a-001cc4c03286.html   CARD Foundation receives 10K donation   The Western News , August 17, 2010   Not only did an Illinois-based nonprofit give the Center For Asbestos Related Disease Foundation a $10,000 donation, but the organization?s chairman personally delivered the check...

Australian warns against asbestos

Posted on August 16, 2010
Quoted from http://www.itwire.com/science-news/health/41198-australian-warns-against-asbestos Australian warns against asbestos By William Atkins Monday, 16 August 2010 23:31 Science - Health Dr. Peter Sly, an expert in asbestos, warns the world that asbestos is still a major problem in developing countries...

To access this complete feed in the blog feed reader login or register for free.

Asbestosis: 2010 Update: eMedicine Pulmonology

Posted on August 16, 2010
Quoted from http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/295966-overview?src=smo_tw_PULM Asbestosis eMedicine Specialties > Pulmonology > Occupational Lung Diseases Introduction Background Pneumoconiosis is the general term for lung disease caused by inhalation and deposition of mineral dust...

GM?s Estate May Face Billions of Dollars in Asbestos Claims, Creditors Say

Posted on August 11, 2010
Quoted from http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-09/gm-s-estate-may-face-billions-in-asbestos-claims-creditors-committee-says.html GM’s Estate May Face Billions of Dollars in Asbestos Claims, Creditors Say By Tiffany Kary - Aug 9, 2010 6:09 PM ET Creditors of General Motors Corp...

Order Tossing Expert Grabs Attention in Asbestos Case

Posted on August 11, 2010
Quoted from http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202464446271 Order Tossing Expert Grabs Attention in Asbestos Case Katheryn Hayes Tucker Fulton County Daily Report August 11, 2010 Orders from a middle Georgia judge throwing out an expert witness and the asbestos suit his testimony was going to support have defense attorneys celebrating and plaintiffs lawyers bearing down for an appellate battle...

Jury awards former BNSF worker $3.7 million

Posted on August 04, 2010
Quoted from http://www.billingsgazette.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_6508dc08-9e92-11df-b2b3-001cc4c002e0.html Jury awards former BNSF worker $3.7 million GREG TUTTLE Of The Gazette Staff | Posted: Monday, August 2, 2010 6:01 pm A Sheridan, Wyo...

Asbestosis group to help sufferers

Posted on July 29, 2010
Quoted from http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/community-telegraph/north-belfast/news/asbestosis-group-to-help-sufferers-14893030.html Asbestosis group to help sufferers by Fiona Rutherford Thursday, 29 July 2010 Two Belfast men have begun a support group for people suffering from asbestos-related diseases...

Our family lives in fear of asbestos poisoning? all because of dad?s job

Posted on July 27, 2010
Quoted from http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/our-family-lives-in-fear-of-asbestos-poisoning-all-because-of-dadrsquos-job-14890207.html Our family lives in fear of asbestos poisoning… all because of dad’s job Did lethal dust brought home on work clothes |condemn son to death? By Lisa Smyth Monday, 26 July 2010 A northern Ireland man has told how he and seven of his |siblings are [...

Wis. Supreme Court Denies Asbestos Death Claim

Posted on July 22, 2010
Quoted from http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/midwest/2010/07/22/111791.htm Wis. Supreme Court Denies Asbestos Death Claim July 22, 2010 The Wisconsin State Supreme Court says a brake maker wasn’t negligent in a machinist’s death. Walter Tatera, a former Hales Corners machine shop worker, died of cancer in 2004...

Canada should stop asbestos exports: Ignatieff

Posted on July 22, 2010
Quoted from http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Investigation+slams+asbestos+industry/3307407/Canada+should+stop+asbestos+exports+Ignatieff/3305310/story.html Canada should stop asbestos exports: Ignatieff     By Kevin Dougherty, Montreal Gazette July 21, 2010      QUEBEC ? Reacting to a report by the BBC and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists suggesting asbestos could be linked [...

Investigation slams asbestos industry

Posted on July 22, 2010
Quoted from http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Investigation+slams+asbestos+industry/3307407/story.html Investigation slams asbestos industry 9-month probe. Report threatens government loan By MONIQUE MUISE; KEVIN DOUGHERTY of The Gazette contributed to this report, The Gazette July 22, 2010 7:18 AM MONTREAL - The fight to keep a controversial mineral flowing out of the tiny Quebec town that bears its [...

India?s expanding use of asbestos brings dire warnings | McClatchy

Posted on July 21, 2010
Quoted from http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/07/21/97621/indias-expanding-use-of-asbestos.html India’s expanding use of asbestos brings dire warnings Asbestos use is growing quickly in developing countries like India. | Photo: Sonumadhavan By Murali Krishnan and Shantanu Guha Ray | International Consortium of Investigative Journalists NEW DELHI ? Every day, the swirling waters of the Arabian Sea bring misery [...

Lobbyists push use of deadly asbestos in developing nations | McClatchy

Posted on July 21, 2010
Quoted from http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/07/21/97625/lobbyists-push-use-of-deadly-asbestos.html Lobbyists push use of deadly asbestos in developing nations MCT   By Jim Morris | International Consortium of Investigative Journalists WASHINGTON ? A global network of lobby groups has spent nearly $100 million since the mid-1980s to preserve the international market for asbestos, a known [...

Asbestos? U.S. legacy may be half-million deaths | McClatchy

Posted on July 21, 2010
Quoted from http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/07/21/97624/asbestos-us-legacy-may-be-half.html: Asbestos’ U.S. legacy may be half-million deaths | McClatchy Asbestos’ U.S. legacy may be half-million deaths Anthophyllite asbestos fibers viewed through an electron microscope...

Asbestos still killing families, decades later

Posted on July 21, 2010
Quoted from http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/07/21/97843/asbestos-still-killing-families.html Asbestos still killing families, decades later Julie Gundlach plays with her daughter, Madeline Young, 7, at their home in St. Louis. Gundlach has mesothelioma...

Approved Congoleum Bankruptcy Plan Puts All Asbestos Claims in Same Boat

Posted on July 21, 2010
Quoted from http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202463755825 Approved Congoleum Bankruptcy Plan Puts All Asbestos Claims in Same Boat Mary Pat Gallagher New Jersey Law Journal July 21, 2010   After nearly seven years and more than a dozen failed attempts, a reorganization plan allowing Congoleum Corporation to emerge from bankruptcy has finally met with a federal judge’s approval...

Calif may dump ?state rock? that contains asbestos

Posted on July 15, 2010
Quoted from http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hbdeSCuOvpxz0Tsk9jVInGY3UX1AD9GVD5480 Calif may dump ’state rock’ that contains asbestos By TREVOR HUNNICUTT (AP) ? 3 hours ago SACRAMENTO, Calif. ? In 1965, California lawmakers named serpentine the state rock because it symbolized the Gold Rush years and contained a mineral being put [...

WR Grace Co. responsible for over 400 deaths in Montana town due to asbestos

Posted on July 08, 2010
Quoted from http://www.examiner.com/x-29099-Grand-Rapids-Public-Health-Examiner~y2010m7d6-WR-Grace-Co-responsible-for-over-400-deaths-in-Montana-town-due-to-asbestos WR Grace Co. responsible for over 400 deaths in Montana town due to asbestos July 6, 10:33 AMGrand Rapids Public Health ExaminerNancy Zielinski   Health workers are saying that the W...

Health organisations call on government to halt chrysotile asbestos exports to developing nations

Posted on July 01, 2010
Quoted from http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Health+organisations+call+govt+halt+asbestos+exports/3220879/story.html Health organisations call on government to halt chrysotile asbestos exports to developing nations   By Robert Gibbens, The Gazette June 30, 2010     MONTREAL - Three national health organizations Wednesday added their weight to protests against continuing Quebec exports of chrysotile [...

Detailed Guide

Posted on July 01, 2010
Quoted from https://www.cancer.org/Cancer/MalignantMesothelioma/DetailedGuide/index Malignant Mesothelioma   What Is Malignant Mesothelioma? What is cancer? What is malignant mesothelioma? What are the key statistics about malignant mesothelioma? Causes, Risk Factors, and Prevention What are the risk factors for malignant mesothelioma? Do we know what causes malignant mesothelioma? Can malignant mesothelioma be [...

Malignant Mesothelioma: Overview Guide

Posted on July 01, 2010
Quoted from https://www.cancer.org/Cancer/MalignantMesothelioma/OverviewGuide/index Malignant Mesothelioma Overview   What Is Malignant Mesothelioma? What is cancer? What is mesothelioma? How many people get mesothelioma? Causes, Risk Factors, and Prevention What causes mesothelioma? Can mesothelioma be prevented? Early Detection, Diagnosis, and Staging How is mesothelioma found? After the tests: Staging Survival rates for mesothelioma Treating Malignant Mesothelioma Disclaimer About treatment Surgery Radiation therapy Chemotherapy Clinical trials Complementary and alternative therapies Talking With Your Doctor Some questions to ask your doctor After Treatment Moving [...

Aircraft maintenance and mesothelioma

Posted on June 29, 2010
Quoted from http://www.ijoem.com/article.asp?issn=0019-5278;year=2010;volume=14;issue=1;spage=24;epage=24;aulast=Bianchi: Aircraft maintenance and mesothelioma LETTER TO EDITOR Year : 2010  |  Volume : 14  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 24   Claudio Bianchi, Tommaso Bianchi  Center for the Study of Environmental Cancer-Italian League against Cancer, Monfalcone Hospital, Monfalcone - 34074, [...

Worker wins asbestos-linked compensation claim

Posted on June 24, 2010
Quoted from http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/24/2935568.htm Worker wins asbestos-linked compensation claim By Megan Lewis Posted Thu Jun 24, 2010 8:24am AEST A central Queensland man has made a successful claim against his former employer’s insurer after being diagnosed with terminal asbestos-linked cancer...

Australian breakthrough may help lung disease patients

Posted on June 17, 2010
Quoted from http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2010/s2929158.htm Australian breakthrough may help lung disease patients Sarah Gerathy reported this story on Thursday, June 17, 2010 08:09:00   TONY EASTLEY: Australian scientists say they’ve made a breakthrough that could lead to new treatments for lung diseases like emphysema, asbestosis and severe asthma...

Malignant pleural mesothelioma: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

Posted on June 17, 2010
Quoted from http://annonc.oxfordjournals.org/content/21/suppl_5/v126.full Malignant pleural mesothelioma: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up R. A. Stahel1, W. Weder2, Y. Lievens3, E. Felip4 and On behalf of the ESMO Guidelines Working Group* + Author Affiliations 1Clinic and Policlinic of Oncology 2Department [...

Surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Posted on June 16, 2010
Quoted from http://highwire.stanford.edu/cgi/medline/pmid;20524919 Surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma. DJ Sugarbaker and AS Wolf [...]

Asbestos caused death of engineer

Posted on June 16, 2010
Quoted from http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/8220951.Asbestos_caused_death_of_engineer/ Asbestos caused death of engineer 9:15am Wednesday 16th June 2010 TRIBUTES have been paid to an engineer who contracted the terminal illness mesothelioma after coming into contact with asbestos...

A new prognostic score in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Posted on June 15, 2010
Quoted from http://meeting.ascopubs.org/cgi/content/abstract/28/15_suppl/7039?&searchid=1&usestrictdates=yes&resourcetype=HWCIT&ct         A new prognostic score in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. G. Selvaggi, A. Billè, M...

Bloggers, promote your law blog by nominating your blog for inclusion in USLaw.com's Law Blog Directory and RSS Reader. Benefits described.