Thousands of individuals who claim their mesothelioma diagnosis was caused by asbestos products manufactured by Garlock Sealing Technologies may only have a few weeks to provide information about their illness so they can get their settlement. According to Dow Jones Newswires, as part of Garlock’s current bankruptcy proceedings, the company is requesting that the nearly 4,000 people with a pending asbestos [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Mesothelioma clinical trials are medical research studies used to test new mesothelioma treatments to see how they affect people. Clinical trial proceed in several stages. What follows is a brief overview of Phase III and IV trials. Phase III clinical trials for mesothelioma compare the safety and effectiveness of the new treatment against the current standard [...]
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 [...]
While asbestos-related illnesses such as mesothelioma usually take so long to manifest themselves that most of victims are in the later stages of their life at the time of diagnosis, there are sometimes exceptions. Sadly, Kevin Morrison, a 21-year-old resident of Norwood, MA, is one of those exceptions. Morrison is currently battling mesothelioma. Morrison, the captain of Norwood [...]
Yet another notable public figure has passed away from mesothelioma. Seventy-year-old Frank Bender, a well-known forensic sculptor (or “recomposer of the dead” as he came to be known) passed away from mesothelioma in July after battling the deadly asbestos disease for nearly two years. Bender became well known throughout the U.S. – and attained local fame in [...]
A Kentucky man who spent nearly 30 years in the U.S. Navy as a fireman and boiler tender and is now suffering from mesothelioma has won a $32 million asbestos settlement for injuries and pain/suffering he has endured. According to WSAZ-TV, a New York jury awarded Ronald Dummitt $16 million for past pain and suffering, along with an additional [...]
One of the more heartbreaking aspects of mesothelioma and asbestos cancer is that, despite the devastation that the diseases take on the families they effect, the public is largely not aware of the illnesses and the toll they take. Thankfully, a pair of new films are attempting to raise awareness regarding the dangers of the asbestos industry and [...]
A new study financed by a section of the National Institutes of Health has made the first potential connection to an individual’s genetics and susceptibility to eventually developing deadly asbestos illnesses such as mesothelioma. The study, which was recently published online in Nature Genetics, found evidence that people with BAP1 gene mutations may have an increased [...]
Mesothelioma Lawsuits Against Garlock May Require Immediate Action
Asbestos Campaign to Resume in UK Next Year
Mesothelioma Lawsuit Leads to $2 Million Award
Asbestos Lawsuit in Missouri Settles for $10 Million
Mesothelioma Clinical Trials: An Overview
Mesothelioma Clinical Trials Overview Series Part Two