Asbestos remains a key issue in the halls of Congress and in state legislatures across the country. Our on-staff attorney Karen Marshall provides insight and key analysis on the latest legal news involving asbestos and mesothelioma.
A mesothelioma television commercial is often the first introduction most people have to this rare and aggressive cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. The commercials usually start with: “If you or a loved one was diagnosed with mesothelioma” The information that follows is almost always about reaching a lawyer regarding a potential legal claim. While…
James Hardie Industries began mining white asbestos in the small Aboriginal Australian community of Baryulgil in 1953. The company offered full-time jobs to residents from surrounding indigenous communities. Grateful for the opportunity, they accepted. But their new employers covered up the mine’s deadly working conditions. Located in the far northern coast of New South Wales,…
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker recently signed into law a controversial measure requiring plaintiffs to disclose asbestos bankruptcy trust claims in order to limit allegations of double-dipping. Defendants in Wisconsin have long complained that plaintiffs in asbestos cases are not disclosing the sources of their exposure to the deadly mineral so they can win higher settlements…
Battling an asbestos-related disease is an expensive ordeal that involves ever-increasing medical expenses and lost income. If you or a loved one was injured by asbestos, filing a personal injury lawsuit usually provides the best opportunity for obtaining financial assistance. The speed in which you can obtain compensation (or not) depends on the circumstances of…
One of the longest-running bankruptcy proceedings in U.S. history is winding down after 12 years. Asbestos-laced dust from the vermiculite mine owned by W.R. Grace & Co. contaminated properties and injured thousands of people in and around Libby, Montana from 1963 to 1990, when the mill shut down. After generating billions in asbestos liabilities and more…
In 2011, Asbestos.com reported that U.S. Engineering and Jackson County, Missouri agreed to pay $10.4 million to the family of a county employee who died from mesothelioma. Nancy Lopez was exposed to asbestos during renovation and demolition projects performed by U.S. Engineering at the Jackson County courthouse where she worked. Her lawsuit made headlines for resulting in…
A bill that benefits asbestos defendants, but harms asbestos claimants, passed the U.S. House thanks to grandstanding and rhetoric. On Wednesday evening, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency (FACT) Act (H.R. 982). The bill is intended to improve claim transparency by requiring asbestos bankruptcy trusts to disclose claims information. But…
Thinking about the inevitability of our own death is not something that we like to do, nevertheless, dying is a fact of life. We all have to accept that our lives will end one day. With no way of knowing how or when this will occur, it is easy to push death to the back…
As a child, Caroline Wilcock and her friends fashioned mock snowballs from the gray-white dust that fell like snow and blanketed her English village of Bowburn in County Durham. She and other village children used clumps of the substance to draw hopscotch grids. Despite the clever and fun uses of this dust, villagers and their…
Tomorrow is the last day for people who incurred medical expenses from a disease related to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, including mesothelioma and other types of cancers, to apply for federal financial assistance. More than 32,000 people already have applied. The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 authorized financial and medical assistance…
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