They are among just 15 lawyers nationally, and only ones west of Bristol, awarded this specialist qualification for asbestos disease litigation. This accreditation scheme, running now for 15 years, confirms lawyers have achieved a high standard of expe…
Ernest Chandler, of Lawford Way in Totton , developed malignant mesothelioma after working as a general labourer and a “chippy” throughout Hampshire. In a statement sent to his solicitors, after the then 70-year-old was diagnosed in March of this year,…
They are among just 15 lawyers nationally, and only ones west of Bristol, awarded this specialist qualification for asbestos disease litigation. This accreditation scheme, running now for 15 years, confirms lawyers have achieved a high standard of expe…
Karren Kossey, a partner in Mid Island Safety Consulting, presented “Exposing the Invisible: Asbestos in the Construction Industry” to the Bridging The Gap safety conference in Richmond, B.C. on November 14. Kossey began by explaining that in 2012 the …
A former owner of a Mr Fluffy loose-fill asbestos house who has incurable cancer is seeking damages from the Commonwealth. The man bought a so-called Mr Fluffy house in the Canberra suburb of Macgregor in 1978 and lived there with his family for 25 years.
A former tunnel worker for the MoD in Corsham, who has been diagnosed with an asbestos related cancer, is seeking colleagues who he worked with. He wants to hear from anybody who may have worked in these tunnels with him who could provide information a…
AN ex-scaffolder who worked at two well-known East Lancashire power stations died as a result of exposure to absestos, an inquest heard. Martin Carlin, 59, worked inside both Padiham and Huncoat power stations while insulation was being ripped out of t…
All future quarterly dividends will be subject to quarterly financial review and board approval. , the Company announced that its subsidiary Pinnacle Biologics, Inc. enrolled the first group of patients in a randomized Phase 2 trial to evaluate photody…
The work began at Wolfe Manor, a former sanitarium that has been featured in a number of television shows and is reputed to be haunted. Several years ago, the city designated the house as unsafe to occupy before declaring it a nuisance and danger with …
Beryl Matthews, right, whose husband Tony, died in a store room at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. With her is her sister-in-law, Anne Eden.
The Accurso Law Firm reached a $10.8 million settlement on behalf of the family of a former mechanic who died of mesothelioma after asbestos exposure.
People who have contracted a form of cancer after working with asbestos are being urged to claim their share of a compensation pot. The Mesothelioma Fund was set up by the Department for Work and Pensions in April and is funded with insurer’s cash.
Lee Harvey, a gifted Jacksonville artist with an appetite for controversy who fought a decade-long battle with mesothelioma, died Monday. In 1997 Mr. Harvey attracted the attention of Simon Smith, head of the Coalition Against Pornography, after he hun…
The former secretary at a leading metropolitan hospital has warned that asbestos is a danger to all hospital workers across the country, not just construction and maintenance staff. Russell Mills, who has worked in an office most of his life as an admi…
Few minerals come into our daily lives quite as much as talc, the fine, powdery mineral known best for the generations of baby bottoms it has dried. Talc is actually ubiquitous.