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Asbestos Exposure Leads to Goodyear Paying Financial Award to Families of Victims

Asbestos Exposure Leads to Goodyear Paying Financial Award to Families of Victims

A New York mesothelioma case has yielded substantial monetary awards to the families of two workers who passed away from cancer caused by asbestos exposure lined to Goodyear Tire and Rubber and Goodyear Canada products. Eugene “Mac” McCarthy and Walter Koczur both spent significant portions of their careers working in professions that required daily exposure [...]

History of Asbestos

History of Asbestos

  (May 21, 2011) History experts have reported that asbestos has been used to make many products for over 4,500 years and Greece is the location where the first known asbestos mine was established on the island of Ewoia. Its name means ‘inextinguishable’ and was labeled as such by the ancient Greeks, who also learned [...]

The Harmful Results of Asbestos Exposure

The Harmful Results of Asbestos Exposure

  (May 21, 2011) Unfortunately, over ten-thousand workers from a wide variety of industries all across the United States have been victims of asbestos exposure and now are at a high risk of developing asbestosis, asbestos cancer, or mesothelioma. It has been estimated that in the United States alone 100,000 people have died from asbestos [...]

What Is Mesothelioma?

What Is Mesothelioma?

  (May 18, 2011) Mesothelioma was labeled a rare type of cancer known to develop in the protective lining covering the body’s many internal organs identified as the mesothelium. The most common area to be infected is the pleura (internal chest wall and the outer lining of the lungs). Mesothelioma has also been known to [...]

Asbestos Questions Answered

Asbestos Questions Answered

  (May 18, 2011) Asbestos is known as a combination of separable, fibrous minerals with long and thin fibers that are not detectable by taste or odor and can cause cancer of the lungs. Asbestos does not evaporate or dissolve in water and is fire, heat and chemical resistant. Asbestos exposure can be caused from [...]

Doctors Oppose Lung Removal Procedures for Mesothelioma Patients

Doctors Oppose Lung Removal Procedures for Mesothelioma Patients

Doctors at the 1st International Symposium on Lung-Sparing Therapies for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma in Santa Monica, California have unanimously decided against using radical lung removal procedures to treat patients who are suffering from malignant pleural mesothelioma. Experts and physicians at the symposium analyzed data gathered from both cancer centers around the U.S. and a U.K.-based [...]

Questions Raised About Asbestos Exposure to Third Parties

Questions Raised About Asbestos Exposure to Third Parties

  (May 13, 2011) Questions are being raised about lawsuits in regards to “third party” asbestos exposure as more people are coming forward saying that they are being diagnosed with asbestosis and mesothelioma due to direct contact with someone who worked with or around asbestos. However, one of the main challenges by these plaintiffs is [...]

$322 Million is Single Largest Plaintiff’s Asbestos Verdict in U.S History

$322 Million is Single Largest Plaintiff’s Asbestos Verdict in U.S History

(May 10, 2011) A verdict in favor of a Mississippi man was awarded $322 million in an asbestosis case against the defendants, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company and Union Carbide Corporation. Testimony given by the plaintiff to the Mississippi Circuit Court for Smith County jury stated that the plaintiff developed the disease after being exposed to [...]

Wisconsin Mesothelioma Lawyers

Wisconsin Mesothelioma Lawyers

Wisconsin Mesothelioma Lawyers (May 18, 2011) – Sokolove Law has 30+ years of experience litigating mesothelioma cases, including many that involve Wisconsin citizens. The benefit of using a national mesothelioma law firm, such as Sokolove Law, is an increased ability to reach out of a particular state in order to maximize your settlement, whereas local [...]

Wisconsin Mesothelioma Lawyer

Wisconsin Mesothelioma Lawyer

Wisconsin Mesothelioma Lawyer (May 18, 2011) – Sokolove Law has 30+ years of experience litigating mesothelioma cases, including many that involve Wisconsin citizens. The benefit of using a national mesothelioma law firm, such as Sokolove Law, is an increased ability to reach out of a particular state in order to maximize your settlement, whereas local [...]

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