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Job Title:Managing Editor
Alan Schmadtke is managing editor of AMAG, LLC. Alan is a veteran journalist who spent most of his years writing about college athletics in Florida before becoming an online editor and manager. A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Alan worked for Tribune Company for 25 years before joining the Mesothelioma Center in 2011.
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Mississippi Judge Throws Out Record $322 Million Lawsuit Verdict

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The largest single-plaintiff asbestos verdict in U.S. history was erased when a Mississippi judge tossed the jury’s decision because of a conflict of interest by the judge who presided in the case.

Judge William Coleman vacated the $322 million verdict from May 2011, ruling that Circuit Judge Eddie Bowen should have disclosed that his parents previously were involved in an asbestos

Mesothelioma Claims Another Actor: Australia’s Harold Hopkins

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Mesothelioma cancer took the life of another actor on Sunday.

Australian film actor Harold Hopkins died while in hospice care at Naringah Private Hospital in Sydney, Australia,

Hopkins,

Asbestos Abatement in Arizona Gymnasium Costs School District $160K in Tight Times

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Even as school budgets tighten and shrink in this struggling economy, money still can be found for asbestos abatement. It doesn’t come cheaply, but it has become a top priority.

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Researcher: Thalidomide Does Not Slow Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

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Noted mesothelioma researcher Paul Baas, M.D., announced Thursday that using thalidomide as part of a treatment regimen for malignant pleural mesothelioma does not slow the progression of the cancer.

Baas,

South Korea Officials React to Reports of High Asbestos Levels at Ballparks, Stadiums

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The government of South Korea ordered the ground at ballparks and stadiums in Busan sprayed down to prevent deadly asbestos fibers from becoming airborne, but the sporting venues will remain open for

10th Anniversary of 9/11: We Remember Victims, Heroes and Those Still Suffering

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It was a day that changed a generation – Sept. 11, 2001 – and changed America, a real-life history lesson to remember and never to forget. It was the Pearl Harbor of the 21st Century, a

EPA Says It Knew About Asbestos-Contaminated Bark and Wood Chips in Libby, Montana

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Federal regulators were aware that asbestos-contaminated bark and wood chips in Libby, Montana were being sold and used by local residents and government officials more than three years before they

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