Author: Mesothelioma News

AN Oxfordshire solicitor has given a guarded welcome to the decision by MPs to set up a fund for victims of asbestos exposure who cannot claim compensation through the courts.

UNIONS have warned that moves to allow victims of asbestos-related cancer who cannot trace a liable employer to apply for compensation worth an average of 115,000 do not go far enough.

Mesothelioma victims across Medway who have been unable to get compensation because insurers or previous employers cannot be traced can now make a claim under a new government scheme.

While former workers at IBM in Endicott show lower mortality rates than the general population, exposure to certain chemicals could be related to health problems, according to a government statistical analysis released Monday.

STRETFORD and Urmston MP Kate Green has been fighting for the rights of victims of mesothelioma, a form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, in Parliament this week.

Janet Gent, 65, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2012 and believes it is linked to her career teaching in East Lancashire schools.

A BID to increase compensation for asbestos victims with a fatal lung cancer failed in the Commons, amid Labour anger.

A total of 28 Japanese workers were officially recognised as having become sick from inhaling asbestos while laboring at US military bases in Okinawa Prefecture, with 21 of them already dead, the Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry data showed Tuesday.

At the NY law firm of Rudolph F.X. Migliore, P.C., our lead attorney and legal team offer clients compassionate counsel and powerful legal representation.

A former Bradford carpet factory which has been linked to a number of asbestos-related deaths is under the spotlight again after an inquest recorded a death last year from the asbestos cancer mesothelioma.

Lawyers acting for a former teacher at schools in Burnley and Pendle who has been diagnosed with mesothelioma are launching an urgent appeal to trace her former co-workers.

KATE Green, MP for Stretford & Urmston stood up for the victims of mesothelioma, a form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, in Parliament.

MORE than A 2.7m has been set aside by two Teesside councils to deal with expected asbestosis-related claims, according to reports.

AN ELECTRICIAN suffering from terminal cancer has won a six-figure payout after being exposed to deadly asbestos during his work at the military base in Shoebury .

And a teaching union fears that with more schools moving out of local authority control to become academies, efforts to prevent staff and pupils from possible harm could be diluted.