Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers know that exposure to asbestos is the primary factor in the development of both mesothelioma and asbestosis. But why is it that some individuals develop one and not the other? A newly-released British study may have the answer, and it may have to do with the…
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded more than $240,000 to schools and government offices in Oklahoma to eradicate asbestos and reduce potential future cases of mesothelioma. While our Boston mesothelioma lawyers are encouraged that such measures are being taken elsewhere in the country, we would urge government leaders here in…
Costs for medical treatments for cancer are expected to skyrocket in the next eight years, according to a recent study in The American Journal of Managed Care. In particular, medical treatments for rare, more aggressive types of cancer, such as mesothelioma, are expected to accelerate at a fast clip. Our…
The recent mesothelioma deaths of two former employees who worked in the same building at a California college is raising alarm among both faculty and students regarding air quality and the possibility of asbestos contamination. Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers continue to see these case occurring at schools, universities and educational…
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…
As some 70,000 Boston college students were preparing to move in to their new dorms or apartments in advance of the school year, Boston city code workers were busy conducting thousands of inspections. What they found, according to The Boston Globe, was quite troubling. Boston mesothelioma lawyers understand that in…
A diagnosis of mesothelioma can leave you shocked, devastated and reeling with questions. Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers know that as much as you don’t want to spend your latter years embroiled in a legal battle, you also want to ensure that your loved ones are going to be financially comfortable…
Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers realize that James Fogle isn’t the most sympathetic of characters. The 75-year-old, who was made famous for writing about and committing pharmacy robberies, recently died in prison – the latest in a long line of well-known individuals to succumb to the disease. His late-1980s novel, “Drugstore…