Continually poor weather in Ohio has lead to the closing of a Reading school after concerns over damage to the building’s asbestos-laden roof and its potential to expose dangerous fibers to students and faculty. According to local television station FOX 19, Hilltop Elementary School was forced to close its doors last week so workers could get [...]
Both plaintiffs and defendants in asbestos lawsuits agree that asbestos causes 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 [...]
Drug treatments that have been proven relatively safe in phase I and that have been shown to work against mesothelioma in phase II studies can advance through the third stage of testing. Phase III clinical trials for mesothelioma compare the safety and effectiveness of the new treatment against the current standard treatment. Phase III clinical [...]
The University of Hawai’i Cancer Center has received a generous gift of more than $3 million to continue its important research regarding the causes of mesothelioma as well as potential cure for the disease. An anonymous donor has given a $3.58 million donation to the Hawaii cancer center to help aid the mesothelioma research work of its director, Dr. Michele [...]
A British company may have developed a viable new method to keepasbestos products in the walls of older buildings from releasing fibers that could be inhaled by people nearby. Datatecnics, a Birmingham, England-based company, recently announced its creation of ADAAS (Asbestos Disturbance Automated Alert System), a special type of wall covering that is either plastered or painted onto [...]
A labor dispute, along with continued debate regarding the asbestosindustry as a whole, may force the only fully operational asbestos mine in Canada to close its doors. The Quebec-based LAB Chrysotile announced this week that it may have to shut down operations at its Thetford Mines in the city of Asbestos if a labor conflict with the workers’ union [...]
MetLife Inc. joins a number of other insurance companies that have noticed an increase in mesothelioma and asbestos-related claims in 2011, a sign that asbestos lawsuits continue to be an aggressive and effective means to fight a company that has exposed its workers to the deadly fibers. According to Reuters, MetLife Inc. reported this week that it had received 2,306 asbestos-related claims during the [...]
The Illinois court system may be making some fundamental changes to the way it rules on asbestos and mesothelioma lawsuits, and the changes may not all be good. A recent Forbes article focusing on asbestos lawsuits in Illinois reported on a recent state appeals court ruling that overturned a $2.5 million jury verdict against Honeywell and Pneumo Abex. The settlement had been awarded to a [...]
Sadly, another public figure has passed away from mesotheliomaafter years of asbestos exposure earlier in his life. Frank Bender, a well-known forensic sculptor who came to be known as the “recomposer of the dead,” passed away from mesothelioma last month at the age of 70 after battling the deadly asbestos diseasefor nearly two years. The asbestos exposure that likely caused [...]
A Kentucky man who served in the Navy for nearly 30 years as a fireman and boiler tender and now has mesothelioma was recently awarded a $32 million asbestos settlement for injuries and pain/suffering by a New York jury, according to WSAZ-TV report. Ronald Dummitt was awarded the settlement on August 17. The verdicts stated that he would receive $16 million for past [...]
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