Personal Injury Law

Treatments of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: A retrospective study on 47 cases.

Posted on June 15, 2010
Quoted from http://meeting.ascopubs.org/cgi/content/abstract/28/15_suppl/e14611?&searchid=1&usestrictdates=yes&resourcetype=HWCIT&ct              Treatments of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: A retrospective study on 47 cases. Y. Wang, X...

EnPro unit files Chapter 11

Posted on June 08, 2010
Quoted from http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2010/06/07/daily5.html Monday, June 7, 2010, 11:09am EDT EnPro unit files Chapter 11 Charlotte Business Journal - by John Downey and Roberta Fuchs Staff Writers Saying it needs to protect itself from unjustified liability claims, EnPro Industries Inc...

Suit alleges woman contracted mesothelioma by washing family?s work clothes

Posted on June 08, 2010
Quoted from http://www.setexasrecord.com/news/227349-suit-alleges-woman-contracted-mesothelioma-by-washing-familys-work-clothes Suit alleges woman contracted mesothelioma by washing family’s work clothes   6/7/2010 11:29 AM By Michelle Massey, East Texas Bureau TYLER-After years of cleaning the asbestos-containing clothes of her father, husband, and son, Claudia Headley was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma and died from the disease on May 30, 2008...

Mechanic wins landmark legal case against James Hardie

Posted on June 07, 2010
Quoted from http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/brakes-on-asbestos-20100605-xlqz.html  Brakes on asbestos   MATTHEW BENNS June 6, 2010 “I never, ever saw a warning”… John Booth. Photo: Steve Holland   A MECHANIC who spent his career working on asbestos brake linings has won a landmark legal case against manufacturer James Hardie after being diagnosed with mesothelioma...

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Runner takes to street to fight asbestos ailment

Posted on June 03, 2010
Quoted from http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/05/28/ott-race-asbestos.html Runner takes to street to fight asbestos ailment Last Updated: Friday, May 28, 2010 | 7:11 PM ET CBC News An Ottawa woman is hoping to raise money to help treat her father’s diseased lungs by giving her own lungs a workout on Sunday, as part of the city’s annual race weekend...

Peritoneal mesothelioma?s prognostic factors determined by Australian research

Posted on May 25, 2010
Quoted from http://www.ibtimes.com/contents/20100514/mesothelioma.htm Peritoneal mesothelioma’s prognostic factors determined by Australian research 14 May, 2010 @ 11:01 pm EDT Recent Australian study has assessed prognostic aspects for patients with peritoneal mesothelioma who have underwent cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC)...

Sarasota man wins $14 million in asbestos suit

Posted on May 24, 2010
Quoted from http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100522/ARTICLE/5221021/2055/NEWS Sarasota man wins $14 million in asbestos suit By LAURA MORALES The Miami Herald Published: Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, May 21, 2010 at 7:08 p...

For asbestos-ravaged town, questions persist

Posted on May 24, 2010
Quoted from http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2011938889_apusasbestostown.html For asbestos-ravaged town, questions persist   By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press Writer LIBBY, Mont. ? Gayla Benefield and Eva Thomson are sisters who have grown used to death...

Jury awards $1.48 million in mesothelioma death

Posted on May 21, 2010
Quoted from http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/94152019.html Jury awards $1.48 million in mesothelioma death By Bruce Vielmetti of the Journal Sentinel May 18, 2010 The estate of a former Harnischfeger worker who died from mesothelioma was awarded $1...

Asbestos Case Wins $200 Million In Punitive Damages; Will It Stick?

Posted on May 07, 2010
Rhoda Evans was exposed to asbestos when she washed her husband?s clothes. Her husband, Bobby, worked for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power where he would sometimes cut pipe containing asbestos. These pipes were distributed by CertainTeed...

A Closer Look at Asbestos Fibers

Posted on April 16, 2010
Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral, but different from other naturally occurring minerals in that it is a crystal and composed of long thin fibers. Asbestos is classified into two groups: Serpentine and Amphibole. Chrysotile asbestos is the most commonly known type in the Serpentine group and it was the most widely used commercially...

Mesothelioma Victim?s Family Receives Huge Award In Asbestos Exposure Case: $30.3 Million

Posted on April 07, 2010
Back in June 2008, we reported on the largest asbestos verdict ever awarded in New Jersey. The lawsuit pertained to the untimely death of Mark Buttitta, who succumbed to mesothelioma just before his 50th birthday. Buttitta had been exposed to asbestos through his father, who worked at a GM warehouse as a parts picker...

Rates of Asbestos Diseases Expected to Rise Over Next Decade

Posted on March 31, 2010
Asbestos diseases range in severity from asbestosis to lung cancer, which is exacerbated when there is asbestos exposure and smoking, to mesothelioma. According to a study commissioned by the American Insurance Association, analysts believe that the number of people afflicted with asbestos diseases will rise over the next decade because asbestos use peaked in the [...

Michigan Man Gets Another Shot At Life With The New ?Shake And Bake? Treatment

Posted on March 26, 2010
Jesse Diaz was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2007.  He was given a very grim forcast: cancer and only six months to live.  The doctors at Spectrum Health Hospital in Grand Rapids, MI opted to treat Diaz with a new chemotherapy treatment called Hipec...

Football Star Dies After Battle With Asbestos-Related Mesothelioma

Posted on March 12, 2010
Merlin Olsen, age 69, passed away this week after a long battle with the deadly asbestos-related disease, mesothelioma. Olsen was a Hall of Fame player for the Rams in the mid-1960’s. He was renowned as a defensive lineman and was a member of the famed “Fearsome Foursome”...

Vaccine For Asbestos-Related Mesothelioma Found To Be Safe

Posted on March 05, 2010
A new vaccine to prevent mesothelioma, a cancer linked to asbestos exposure, is being researched in the Netherlands. This is very exciting news. Even better, it appears to be safe and effective. According to a public release, “Possible vaccine for mesothelioma proven safe,” we get the following report: Building upon their previous research which demonstrated that DC [...

New Clinical Trial Recruiting Mesothelioma Patients For A New Treatment Strategy

Posted on February 19, 2010
Sponsored by Eli Lilly and the University Health Network in Toronto, Canada, a new clinical trial is designed to test the effectiveness of Permetrexed, a drug used to treat mesothelioma, combined with Cisplatin and followed by surgery and radiation therapy...

Charest And Asbestos: First Hypocrisy, Now Outright Lies?

Posted on February 12, 2010
In a February 10, 2010 letter to Jean Charest, Premier of Quebec, 14 prominent Canadian physicians expressed outrage at Charest?s apparent false statements regarding the World Health Organization?s position on asbestos. According to a quote in La Presse, Charest said, “Chrysotile (asbestos) can be used in a safe manner; this is what WHO reports say...

Charest Side-Steps Asbestos Export Responsibility As He Applauds His Own Environmental Awareness

Posted on February 10, 2010
Last week, during his economic mission to India, Jean Charest, Premier of Quebec, spoke before the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit. During his speech he emphasized the global impact of Quebec on climate change. He said: During the past few years, we, as regional governments, have stopped defining our future according to our borders and territories, but [...

Scientists Urge Premier Of Quebec To Stop The Hypocrisy And Ban Asbestos Exports

Posted on February 02, 2010
The Premier of Quebec, Jean Charest, has been placed under the scrutiny of scientists from 28 countries.  These scientists are pleading with Charest to ban the export of all forms of asbestos.  This call to action came forth just as Charest was preparing a trade mission to India, Quebec?s biggest importer of asbestos...

EPA Fines Naval Station For Improper Asbestos Handling

Posted on January 19, 2010
In February of 2009 the United States Naval Station - Newport, Goel Services, Inc., and A. A. Asbestos Abatement Co., Inc. violated the Clean Air Act and the National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Asbestos (Asbestos NESHAP) while performing a demolition at a Newport, RI Naval Base...

Malignant Mesothelioma Treatments by Stage

Posted on January 06, 2010
Stage I Treatment Options Surgery to remove the pleura and surrounding tissue. Surgery to remove sections of the pleura, the lung, part of diaphram, or lining around chest. External beam radiation therapy. Surgery, followed by chemotherapy. Surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy...

DuPont Implicated In The Asbestos-Related Death Of The Wife Of A Former Employee

Posted on December 24, 2009
Ruby Neely died earlier this year due to the asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma. After her husband, Lively, worked for over 20 years at the DuPont plant in Old Hickory, Tennessee, she inhaled enough asbestos simply through her daily contact with him to give her the deadly disease...

Smithonian Settles With Former Employee Over Asbestosis Lawsuit

Posted on December 10, 2009
Back in late March 2009, we reported on the denial of an asbestosis claim of former National Air and Space Museum employee, Richard Pullman.  After fighting the Smithonian over an unsafe work environment due to improper management of asbestos, Pullman and the Smithsonian have reached a $233,000 agreement...

The Stages Of Mesothelioma (Part 3 of 3)

Posted on December 07, 2009
We reach our final part of this series on the stages of mesothelioma and the systems which are used to categorize them.  Previously we discussed the Butchart System and the TNM System. Our final system is called the Brigham System. Brigham System The Brigham System looks at different variables such as the involvement of the lymph nodes and [...

The Stages Of Mesothelioma (Part 2 of 3)

Posted on December 05, 2009
Last time we briefly outlined the Butchart System of mesothelioma staging.  As a reminder, the Butchart System categorizes the stages of mesothelioma by the size and extent of the tumor.  It is the most widely used system of staging. Today, we will discuss the TNM System...

The Stages Of Mesothelioma (Part 1 of 3)

Posted on December 03, 2009
Mesothelioma is a deadly disease caused by asbestos exposure.  A person that has been exposed to asbestos might go more than 20 years before any signs of this terminal disease present themselves.   Once malignant mesothelioma has been diagnosed, the next step is a process called staging...

Australian Researchers Pioneering New Mesothelioma Treatment Using Radiotherapy

Posted on November 18, 2009
Australian researchers have innovated a new mesothelioma treatment using radiotherapy rather than chemotherapy, and the results are looking good. Radiation Oncologist Dr. Malcolm Feigen has developed a new technique for treating mesothelioma, a terminal cancer caused by asbestos exposure...

Large Asbestos Jury Verdict For Mesothelioma Victim Reversed By Florida Appeals Court

Posted on November 03, 2009
As we reported back in Spring of 2008, a Miami-Dade County jury found Honeywell International negligent for selling asbestos brakes awarding Stephen E. Guilder and his family almost $24.2 million.  Asbestos News Minute covered this story, as well. Now, after Mr...

Estate Of Niagra Falls Plant Worker Awarded $2.25 Million In Asbestos Lawsuit

Posted on October 26, 2009
Almost 4 years after his death, a worker from the Niagra Falls Hooker Chemical plant gained victory over Fisher Controls, a St. Louis-based supplier of industrial control valves.  The plant worker was diagnosed with mesothelioma after working on these valves for 18 years...

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