A Massachusetts asbestos case has been gaining attention, as a business owner accused of illegally – and dangerously – storing the deadly compound seeks to have her statements stricken from court. Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers believe the truth should come out. If this woman and her company were jeopardizing public…
Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers are encouraged anytime we hear about sizable verdicts in mesothelioma cases – not just here in Massachusetts, but all over the country. In a sense, even though we work for different law firms, we view other mesothelioma attorneys as fighting the same fight – not only…
A 40-year study that downplays the health effects of asbestos exposure for miners and mill workers has drawn the ire of several mesothelioma advocacy groups. Our Boston mesothelioma attorneys know that a hallmark of solid science is objectivity. This particular study, conducted by Dr. John Corbett McDonald of the McGill…
Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers realize that asbestos litigation is a commitment. It’s rarely a swift process, despite the fact that the courts do realize that those who have been diagnosed with mesothelioma are working with borrowed time. But for those who struggle with lung cancer, asbestosis or mesothelioma, it’s not…
Boston mesothelioma lawyers know that this disease is devastating. Families are shattered when lives are abruptly ended – in most cases the victims those who had no idea that years before they had been exposed to asbestos, the primary root cause of the deadly mesothelioma cancer. Now in civil court,…
Men who worked as diesel mechanics in New England prior to the 1980s may be doubly at risk for developing mesothelioma, according to research that indicates diesel fuel contains a carcinogen that can be nearly as dangerous as asbestos exposure. New England mesothelioma lawyers understand that for diesel mechanics, the…
Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers write a lot about people who were exposed to this deadly disease by way of their employer. A lot of times these were individuals who worked in shipyards, military service, factories, construction or some other job where airborne asbestos was a common threat. Something we haven’t…
According to a recent report from the International Agency for Research on Cancer, some 8,000 people in Britain who died from cancer had been sickened by some job-related factor – mostly having to do with exposure to asbestos. Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers understand that this accounts for more than 5…
Accused of increasing the risk of asbestos exposure in Southborough and Provincetown, three entities have been fined more than $35,000 for reportedly illegally storing the dangerous organic compound. Our Boston mesothelioma attorneys are encouraged that the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection is actively pursuing such cases, though we would argue…
New cases of mesothelioma in Boston are diagnosed every single day. Our Massachusetts mesothelioma lawyers understand that while many of these cases are the result of asbestos exposure that occurred over long periods of time many years ago and primarily in the industrial sector, an ongoing concern is the asbestos…