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Mesothelioma Lawsuits Against Garlock May Require Immediate Action

Thousands of individuals who claim their mesothelioma diagnosis was caused by asbestos products manufactured by Garlock Sealing Technologies may only have a few weeks

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Asbestos Campaign to Resume in UK Next Year

A successful series of UK advertisements that helped spread the word about the dangers of asbestos but saw its funding cut last year is set to return in 2012. According to The Daily Mirror, the government-run advertising campaign – dubbed “Hidden Killer” – was started in 2008 and emphasized the increased risk of asbestos exposure that workers in the construction industry faced. [...]

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Mesothelioma Lawsuit Leads to $2 Million Award

A 66-year-old man from Niagara Falls who used to work with asbestosmaterials and now suffers from mesothelioma was awarded a $2 millionmesothelioma settlement by a New York jury. According to the Buffalo News, Gerald Failing was diagnosed withperitoneal mesothelioma last December. Failing worked in the compound department at Durez Plastics in North Tonawanda from 1966-1978 and he was able to recollect molding mixes [...]

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Asbestos Lawsuit in Missouri Settles for $10 Million

An asbestos lawsuit in Missouri filed by a Jackson County Courthouse employee has settled for $10 million, the largest asbestos settlement in the history of the state. According to The Associated Press, Nancy Lopez filed the asbestos lawsuit against the U.S. Engineering Co. for failing to take proper precautions to protect courthouse worker while handling asbestos. Lopez worked at the courthouse in Kansas City for [...]

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Some Asbestos Cases Just Got Easier in PA

Both plaintiffs and defendants in asbestos lawsuits agree that asbestoscauses 80 to 90 percent of all mesothelioma cases. You would think that it naturally follows that 80 to 90 percent of mesothelioma lawsuit plaintiffs do not have to prove to a jury that asbestos exposure caused their mesothelioma. Until recently, that was not the case. Instead, through a legal process called reverse bifurcation, most [...]

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Occupational Exposure to Asbestos in VA Power Plant

When repairs were needed on an old nuclear power plant in Surry, VA, contract workers were called in to do the work. Hundreds of workers were hired including electricians, pipe fitters, general laborers and other contractors from eight different companies. When a dozen workers were caught in a cloud of asbestos after cutting some old pipe, the [...]

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Landfill Contaminated With Asbestos

Elbert County in Denver, CO has a unique asbestos abatement project to tackle – that of a public landfill and trash compactor site. The site has historically been used to dispose of roofing and building materials, much of which was from before the mid 1970’s when buildings were routinely constructed with an abundance of asbestos. The landfill [...]

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More Congressional Interest in Asbestos Trust Funds

If you read the last article we posted about asbestos trust funds, you’ll remember the clever hammock analogy used to describe what they are. If you didn’t read it, you can do so here. Now, the Government Accountability Office (GOA) – a sort of congressional watchdog group that keeps an eye on government spending of taxpayer dollars [...]

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Mesothelioma Death Count Rising in Minnesota

In a health study of Taconite Workers in Iron Range, Minnesota, the number of citizens who died of mesothelioma is higher than they reported a year ago – up from 63 to 82. Researchers found the additional nine cases by checking death records of former residents who moved out of state. The University of Minnesota is responsible [...]

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International Mesothelioma Program New Research

The International Mesothelioma Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston continue to make progress in malignant mesothelioma research. The scientists and doctors involved with the project are looking for information that will lead to better adjuvant therapies for the rare and deadly disease. Adjuvant therapies are treatments given to help boost the [...]

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