THE family of a Bradford man and former Leeds firefighter, who died from an asbestos-related illness, has received a settlement from his former employers. Robert Gay, pictured, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in September 2013 and died three months lat…
ALTON Simmons Hanly Conroy , a national litigation firm, is pleased to announce that attorneys Scott D. Peebles, Brittany A. Boswell and Jared L. Hausmann have joined the firm, expanding the firm’s Asbestos and Complex Litigation practices. “We are enthusiastic about welcoming Scott, Brittany and Jared aboard to enhance our bench strength in our San Francisco, New York and Alton offices,” said Michael J. Angelides, managing shareholder of Simmons Hanly Conroy.
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Cdr Margaret Therrien, along with her husband Paul, is presented the CF Memorial Ribbon by RAdm John Newton, Commander MARLANT and JTFA, in honour of her late father, VAdm Douglas Boyle. Fifteen years after his death, the daughters of a former Commande…
Deferring to the role of a jury in resolving questions of competing scientific theories, a California appeals court upheld a trial court’s ruling allowing expert testimony based on the “every exposure” theory, calling it “the subject of legitimate scientific debate.” See Davis v.
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer announces new legislation that would establish a specialized, voluntary national cancer registry for firefighters on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016 in Garden City. Photo Credit: Howard Schnapp U.S. Senator Charles Schumer announc…
Richard Weir has made a 15-man shortlist for the Plumber of the Year award and wants your support as he vows to donate his prize A North Shields plumber has pledged to donate his prize fund to the Mesothelioma UK charity if he wins the Plumber of the Y…
Asbestos is a set of six naturally occurring silicate minerals , [1] which all have in common their eponymous asbestiform habit : long , thin fibrous crystals , with each visible fiber composed of millions of microscopic “fibrils” that can be released …
Recently, an Orange County Grand Jury released a report about the presence of asbestos in schools across the county. ‘Dealing with Asbestos in Orange County Public Schools,’ reported that over two-thirds of Orange County’s nearly 600 K-12 public schools have encapsulated asbestos present in one or more of the buildings on their school campuses.
A new study of shipyard workers in Italy indicates that years and even decades later, those who have worked around asbestos can suffer health consequences, including mesothelioma and lung cancer. The study, published last month in La Medicina Del Lavoro , an Italian medical journal, looked at former workers from one specific shipyard who were diagnosed with asbestos-related illnesses, and analyzed postmortem lung samples to determine at what level asbestos remained in the worker’s bodies.
Testing for asbestos is underway in 68 buildings across Australia including Sydney’s Chris O’Brien Lifehouse after the deadly substance was found at Perth Children’s Hospital and a Brisbane office tower . Brad Parker, the national assistant secretary of the Construction Forestry, Mining and Energy sector Union construction division said he is concerned for his members.
When diagnosed with abdominal mesothelioma, a rare cancer with a blighted future, evolutionary biologist and writer, Stephen Jay Gould, turned his attention to the statistics; specifically, the central tendency of survival with the tumor. The central t…
The law firm’s new name is Robins Cloud, LLP. “For almost 20 years our firm has dedicated itself to providing the best possible service to people who have been harmed by corporate malfeasance.
For years, Quincy Jones was known in the independent comedy scene in Los Angeles for his welcome presence and laidback observational humor. Like most fledgling comics, he hustled hard at local shows and open mics, longing for the opportunity to get a c…
A YOUNG mother diagnosed with terminal cancer believes she may have been exposed to asbestos while at school in Holsworthy. Kirsty List, 33, attended Holsworthy Community College for a year in 1998 and, due to the age of the buildings at the time, it h…