Adding to the growing body of case law that rejects the so-called “every exposure” theory, a federal court in Louisiana has excluded specific causation opinions of a plaintiffs’ expert who relied on the theory, finding that such a “one-size fits all” a…
Southern Nevada counties that include Las Vegas show high proportions of women and younger residents coming down with a rare and aggressive cancer more commonly found in older men occupationally exposed to asbestos, suggesting that naturally occurring …
R.T. Vanderbilt Co. Inc., which has wollastonite operations in Harrisville and Balmat, has been ordered to pay a $10.55 million civil judgment stemming from asbestos-contaminated talc mined in the 1970s at Gouverneur Talc.
House Bill 2603 requires plaintiffs filing and courts hearing asbestos-related claims to seek out and find various industry trusts set up to deal with such lawsuits. Critics, such as attorney Steve Lesher , say that will just delay lawsuits brought by …
Aduro Biotech, Inc. today announced the appointment of Sylvia R. Wheeler to the position of senior vice president, Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations. Ms. Wheeler, a veteran biopharmaceutical executive, joins Aduro with over 20 years of experienc…
We’ve all seen the advertisements for the TV lawyers promising big bucks if we sign up with them on some big class-action suit for mesothelioma or asbestos or some other product or medical liability case. Well, we in South Carolina just had a big payof…
Malignant mesothelioma has been found at higher than expected levels in women and in individuals younger than 55 years old in the southern Nevada counties of Clark and Nye, likewise in the same region carcinogenic mineral fibers including actinolite as…
Ministers have abandoned much-criticised payouts worth only 80 per cent of average civil claims, which were agreed in a voluntary deal struck with insurance companies. The cut was heavily criticised when the Mesothelioma Bill passed last year, when a C…
Victims of mesothelioma, a cancer often linked to asbestos, who have been unable to get compensation because they cannot trace their insurer, can now make a fresh 100% claim. The major breakthrough in the fight to get damages is a major victory for Cha…
Mr. Field produced and sold more than 400 dulcimers, Dillon said, playing some of them with groups in South Jersey and Pennsylvania. “He made dulcimers for Judy Collins, Doc Watson,” and others, some of whom “would come and play music at our home in Pi…
Mr. Field produced and sold more than 400 dulcimers, Dillon said, playing some of them with groups in South Jersey and Pennsylvania. “He made dulcimers for Judy Collins, Doc Watson,” and others, some of whom “would come and play music at our home in Pi…
AS THE general manager of the UK Asbestos Training Association , I was shocked to hear the story of a 16-year-old Plymouth girl who had to be rescued from a disused hotel in the city that was riddled with deadly asbestos spores. Although the teenager w…
A $7.5 million verdict was rendered on January 15, 2015, by a Middlesex County jury in the matter of Condon v. Advanced Thermal Hydronics, et al. , Docket No.: MID-L-5695-13AS, Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Middlesex County.
There is an urgent need for a fairer and evidence-based compensation system for those who have developed a work-related cancer. In the past decade, workplace deaths have halved in Victoria, thanks to an uncompromising approach that makes sure workplace…
AN Andover man who raised nearly A 250,000 for the British Heart Foundation died from an asbestosrelated disease, an inquest has heard. David Windebank, of Highlands Road, died on 10 December at the age of 75 at the Countess of Brecknock Hospice from a…