Mesothelioma is one of the most dangerous kinds of cancer and in most cases, patients face a terminal prognosis. In a recent report published in Science Daily, there are two groundbreaking trials that may give hope to Mesothelioma patients and their loved ones. While “waiting for a cure” is not…
A Georgia man recently wrote to his local newspaper to detail his experiences having been diagnosed last year with mesothelioma. Given just 14 months to live, the man was referred to a medical specialist in Boston who performed a cutting-edge surgery that involved removing a rib and the pleura, or…
The risk of asbestos exposure in Boston and throughout the country is not simply a thing of the past. While it’s true that many industries and manufacturers have begun to shy away from using the deadly compound due to the enormous legal liabilities, the material remains to this day in…
More than a half a century ago, a teenager from Colorado helped his father insulate the attic above their home with asbestos-containing vermiculite. It was a big job, and he was proud to have helped his father carry it out. Today, he is coping with a diagnosis of peritoneal mesothelioma.…
Efforts by an electric company to appeal a $400,000 mesothelioma liability verdict handed down in 2006 have ultimately been unsuccessful, as the Superior Court in Pennsylvania upheld the original judgment. Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers understand this decision came just weeks before a subsequent ruling in which the same court tossed…
A jury in Louisiana has found the Dow Chemical Company liable on all counts in a civil asbestos lawsuit brought by a former worker suffering from a terminal cancer known as mesothelioma. Our Boston mesothelioma attorneys understand this is just one of what is sure to be at least hundreds…
Unwitting exposure to asbestos over the last 100 years has given way to an ongoing proliferation of untimely deaths resulting from mesothelioma and asbestos, which developed as a direct result of exposure to the killer microscopic fibers. Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers know this is true for Massachusetts, throughout the country…
A new study published recently by the Danish Medical Journal indicates that bans on asbestos are slow to drive down the number of mesothelioma diagnoses as a whole. While our Boston mesothelioma lawyers can certainly appreciate that progress takes time, we worry that asbestos defendants will attempt to twist these…
The closely-watched Chapter 11 bankruptcy trial of asbestos defendant Garlock Sealing Technologies has concluded, and it’s still unclear to both sides at this point how much the manufacturing giant will have to fork over to settle current and future claims of injury. Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers know that on the…
The world could use more Charles Varnadores, whose complaints regarding workplace safety at his Tennessee lab ultimately resulted in enhanced whistleblower protection and shed light on dangerous working conditions – including those involving asbestos. Varnadore passed away recently, at the age of 71, in his home in Knoxville. Our Boston…