The Australian government has come up with a remarkable response to the ongoing, deadly public health hazard of asbestos exposure. Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers know this is in such sharp contrast to what we are seeing here in the United States, where the substance remains legal to purchase and use…
At least 150 current and former employees of Long Island’s Nassau Coliseum have filed a notice of claim, indicating they were exposed to asbestos while working at the stadium and nothing was done to protect them. Our Boston mesothelioma attorneys understand that the workers claiming unsafe exposure include carpenters, electricians…
The chair of a subcommittee that had been slated to vote on the Further Asbestos Claim Transparency Act (FACT) has thankfully tabled the matter pending further discussion. Our Boston mesothelioma attorneys know that this law is the culmination of powerful corporate lobbyists doing everything in their power to try to…
Manufacturers of asbestos-containing products are gunning hard for bankruptcy case records of other manufacturers – in an effort to bolster their own defense. Our Boston mesothelioma plaintiff lawyers know that these firms will be scouring these records to find any minute detail that could help them deny responsibility for their…
Cleanup has begun at a contaminated site in East Watertown, 20 minutes west of Boston, that was once the site of a U.S. Army installation. Our Boston asbestos exposure lawyers understand that thousands of tons of dirt, brick, steel and other debris have already been trucked off the site as…
A number of low-income tenants in Yarmouth, about an hour south of Boston, near Hyannis, are protesting an asbestos abatement project they fear could pose undue risk to their health. Our Boston asbestos exposure attorneys understand that a number of tenants are elderly and disabled and a number are children…
With our technology and medical knowledge expanding exponentially, it’s inevitable that the justice system would be relying more heavily on such information as evidence. But when medical, scientific and legal opinions intersect, it can make for a contentious battle. Nowhere is that more evident than in mesothelioma cases. In 2011,…
In looking at a New England mesothelioma claim, who would you suppose to be the true victim? Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers would assume the answer is a no-brainer: The patient who has been diagnosed with this aggressive terminal cancer and the loved ones who are suddenly left to carry on…
The $3 million verdict awarded to the family of a man who died of mesothelioma was reduced by more than $1.3 million after a Kansas judge imposed damage caps, per state law. Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers know that this is yet another unfortunate example of the effect that tort reform…
In a disappointing decision reached earlier this month, the Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld a lower court’s earlier ruling that two asbestos defendants are not responsible for the mesothelioma allegedly incurred as a result of contact with the businesses’ products. Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers know how vitally important it is to…