A bill that will likely prohibit mesothelioma patients from filing civil lawsuits and obtaining compensation has passed the Ohio Senate. Boston mesothelioma attorneys are concerned not only for what this means for Ohio sufferers of this awful disease – but for the precedent it may set for lawmakers in other…
Last month marked Veteran’s Day, which is a time to thank those who have dedicated their services – and sometimes so much more – to the safety and betterment of this country. Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers know many of our military members – active and retired – have sacrificed much…
A great number of our Boston mesothelioma attorneys‘ clients are those who have actually been diagnosed with the disease or surviving spouses and/or children. However, it’s worth noting that these are not the only parties that may be entitled to financial compensation from companies which were careless and negligent in…
Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers have learned that asbestos case defendants will stop at nothing to avoid paying what is rightfully owed to a dying former employee or widowed spouse. This means they often continue fighting, even after a verdict in the worker’s favor. In fact, litigation often continues even after…
Plaintiffs in the Rodarmel v. Pneumo case had alleged that numerous companies conspired to suppress important information regarding the health hazards of asbestos. Now, a split panel of justices with the Illinois Fourth district Appellate Court has reversed a lower court’s nearly-$18 million verdict, which had sided with those plaintiffs.…
Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers have become familiar with a range of under-handed legal tactics used by asbestos defendants. These involve obvious efforts to delay, skirt the primary issue or deny. Even when these motives are so obviously transparent, they require the plaintiff’s attorney to be dexterous in eliminating such strategies.…
The widow of a Navy veteran who died due to complications from mesothelioma has had her $2 million award for pain and suffering reinstated by a state supreme court. Boston mesothelioma lawyers were pleased to hear the action taken by justices with the Virginia Supreme Court regarding the amount owed…
A recent mesothelioma case out of Washington state raises an interesting question with regard to responsibility: Can a company that manufacturers respirators designed to protect against asbestos be held liable when someone gets sick? Boston mesothelioma lawyers know there are a lot of companies that knowingly manufactured products containing asbestos…
In some ways, a mesothelioma diagnosis can be worse than a gunshot wound. For one thing, a bullet wound is quick. You are able to tell right away exactly where it is and what it is. Plus, being shot isn’t necessarily a death sentence. Our Boston mesothelioma attorneys know that…
There are 55 countries in the world that have banned the use of asbestos, the material proven to cause mesothelioma cancer. The U.S. is not one of them. Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers understand that one man in Illinois had set out to change that. Sadly, he passed away late last…