We Can Help The costs of mesothelioma can be overwhelming. They can include income loss, expensive treatments that may not be covered by health insurance, plus pain and suffering for you and for your family. Because the disease is preventable – and because it is usually caused by someone else’s negligence – legal options may be available to help regain these costs.
Asbestos lawyers focus their practice on knowledgeably and effectively bringing to justice companies that exposed employees and the public to asbestos products.
A mesothelioma attorney can help you consider your options and file a claim against the company responsible for your asbestos-related illness. More than one company may be responsible. A mesothelioma attorney identifies all companies at fault.
Mesothelioma lawsuits have helped thousands of people receive financial assistance. A lawsuit can result in much-needed money to help reduce financial hardships during an illness and can also provide a more stable future for your loved ones. A lawyer specializing in asbestos litigation can help you seek compensation for expenses related to illness caused by asbestos exposure.
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Johnson and Johnson’s subsidiary LLT Management LLC has agreed to pay $6.475 billion to settle current and future claims that its talc-based products caused ovarian cancer. This is an attempt to try and resolve nearly 54,000 talc cases still awaiting trial against the company. J&J says the proposition would settle 99.75% of the remaining talc […]
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Professional makeup brand Ben Nye, popular with film, stage and modeling makeup artists, has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the midst of lawsuits. The suits claim its products contain asbestos-contaminated talc. The move could allow the company to reorganize while putting its many talc lawsuits on hold. The company says it stopped using talc […]
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A federal jury’s verdict in favor of the plaintiff in a wrongful death lawsuit finds BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of Thomas Wells and Joyce Walder. Jurors agreed with the plaintiff’s argument that asbestos-contaminated vermiculite in the railyard was a considerable factor in these deaths. The estates of Wells and Walder filed the wrongful […]
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An Illinois jury’s verdict orders defendants Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue to pay $45 million to the family of a woman who died of mesothelioma. The plaintiffs in the case were the family of Theresa Garcia whose lawsuit claimed J&J’s talc-based baby powder was tainted with asbestos. The jury found Kenvue 70% responsible for Garcia’s […]
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A trial has begun over BNSF Railway’s transporting of asbestos-contaminated vermiculite from mines in Libby, Montana that closed in 1990. Investor and businessman Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. purchased the railway in 2010. BNSF is accused of negligence and wrongful death. The suit claims the railway is responsible for failing to control asbestos-contaminated dust from […]
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Phil and Bernard Matthey’s wrongful death lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson has headed to trial. The suit claims the company is responsible for selling asbestos-contaminated baby powder that caused the death of the plaintiffs’ mother. Patricia Matthey died from ovarian cancer at the age of 72 In 2019. The Mattheys’ lawsuit notes their mother had […]
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Joining 50 other countries that have already banned asbestos, the United States is now banning chrysotile asbestos. The Biden administration has officially finalized the ban that follows decades of calls from survivors of asbestos-related diseases, medical professionals, veterans and first responders. Chrysotile asbestos, also known as white asbestos, continues to be imported into the U.S., […]
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Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell is imposing fines totaling $825,000 against several companies for improper handling, disposal and removal of materials containing asbestos. Since 2016, the AG’s Office has imposed more than $7.7 million in civil penalties. Among those included in recent consent judgments are the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, a redevelopment […]
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Bob Sugarman sued Johnson & Johnson, claiming the company’s talc products caused the death of his wife, Marilyn Seskin, MD. The case has ended in a mistrial after the jury was unable to agree on a verdict. The jury note the judge read aloud in court stated: “We are hopelessly deadlocked with absolutely, positively no […]
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The Florida Senate voted to approve Republican Senator Travis Hutson’s proposed SB 720 requiring courts to dismiss asbestos claims without a completed information form. The bill’s next stop is the Florida House of Representatives. If the House approves the measure, it would then go before the governor. If signed into law, those with asbestos-related diseases […]
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Imerys Talc America, Inc. and the company’s former owner, Cyprus Mines Corporation, will create a collective $862 million dollar trust. The goal is for the trust to settle personal injury claims alleging their asbestos-contaminated talc caused plaintiffs’ cancer. This comes after both groups filed reorganization plans and disclosure statements on January 31, 2024 in The […]
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An Illinois jury has awarded $30 million in a mesothelioma case against tiremaker Bridgestone Firestone. Thomas Jackson was exposed to asbestos inadvertently brought home from his father’s job at one of the company’s tire manufacturing plants. Jackson died just five weeks after his mesothelioma diagnosis at 64 years old. Attorneys for Jackson’s wife, Dorothy Jackson, […]
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An Illinois jury has awarded $30 million in a mesothelioma case against tiremaker Bridgestone Firestone. Thomas Jackson was exposed to asbestos inadvertently brought home from his father’s job at one of the company’s tire manufacturing plants. Jackson died just five weeks after his mesothelioma diagnosis at 64 years old. Attorneys for Jackson’s wife, Dorothy Jackson, […]
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The global energy company Hess Corporation will pay up to $187 million to settle asbestos injury claims made in connection to an oil refinery that had been operating in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The claims cover those who worked at the refinery, their family and residents in the area who may have been exposed to […]
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The global energy company Hess Corporation will pay up to $187 million to settle asbestos injury claims made in connection to an oil refinery that had been operating in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The claims cover those who worked at the refinery, their family and residents in the area who may have been exposed to […]
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