Author: <span>Mesothelioma News</span>

Appeal court to hand down decision on BHP damages payout for steelworker

The Court of Appeal will today decide if it will force BHP Billiton to honour a $2.2 million damages payout to a terminally ill ex-Newcastle steelworker. Steven Dunning, 54, is suffering from terminal mesothelioma after inhaling asbestos dust while wor…

Millions potentially at stake as Solano asbestos-exposure trial begins

A civil jury trial with millions of dollars at stake has gotten underway for a former Mare Island Naval Shipyard tradesman dying of cancer caused by breathing asbestos dust. The asbestos lawsuit is one of more than two dozen asbestos lawsuits filed in …

Former council worker given more than 10,000 in compensation after contracting rare cancer

The carpenter, who left the authority in 2001 and has not been named, was paid out A 10,605.65 from Hyndburn Council after successfully claiming exposure to asbestos caused him to develop mesothelioma, a rare cancer. The sum of money was revealed in co…

Amid IPO rumors, biotech CEO crowdfunds for African woman’s surgery

Violet Phiri with her family, including sister Zilose Lyons , brother-in-law Andy Lyons and sister Tamara Banda in Lusaka, Zambia, in 2008. Separated by 10,000 miles and a world of hurt, it seems unlikely that their paths would cross: the veteran biote…

Former Vickers-Armstrong worker’s plea to former colleagues after deadly mesothelioma diagnosis

Jim Black has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, which he believes he contracted while working for Vickers-Armstrong in South Marston or on passenger ships such as the QE2 A RETIRED factory worker who spent over 20 years working at the Vickers-Armstrong…

Mesothelioma Cancer Research Foundation Broadcasting Symposium Live

For those people who are unable to attend its annual conference in person, the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation will broadcast its Symposium session taking place on Tuesday, March 3, starting at 9:30 AM. The live broadcast is free of charge and…