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Ever since malignant mesothelioma was found to be caused by exposure to asbestos, people diagnosed with the disease have successfully sued asbestos companies for their failure to warn them about or protect them from exposure. Billions of dollars have been awarded, and the defendants have gotten increasingly creative in their legal strategies. Most recently, some …Read More

While a federal judge acknowledged that it’s not clear whether Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation was at fault in a Navy veteran’s fatal malignant mesothelioma, he also said that it’s impossible to eliminate the possibility based on the facts in the case. As a result, he denied the company’s motion to have the case dismissed and …Read More

In November of 2020, Carlo G. Badamo died of asbestos-related lung cancer. He had been diagnosed with the disease on August 9th of 2017, and on July 28, 2020 he filed a lawsuit under the Jones Act against Chevron, Chiquita Brands, and other defendants, accusing them of having exposed him to the asbestos that caused …Read More

From the 1950s through the 1980s, Augustus A. Adams worked for E.I. duPont de Nemours as a maintenance worker and insulator, and it was that work that exposed him to the asbestos that caused his malignant mesothelioma. He and his wife Diane filed suit against the many companies that supplied asbestos-contaminated equipment to his employer, …Read More

Washington state resident Raymond Budd blames his malignant mesothelioma on the joint compound that he used while working for his father and uncle’s drywall business from 1962 to 1972. When he and his wife sued the joint compound’s manufacturer, they were awarded $13.5 million by a King County jury. Though the company appealed the verdict, …Read More

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently reversed a lower court decision regarding a mesothelioma claim, and in doing so they clarified the importance of understanding on whose behalf a personal injury claim is being filed.  The question revolved around the death of Thomas Deem, an outside marine machinist at the Puget …Read More

Frank Labarre died of malignant mesothelioma after decades of working in the automobile repair industry. Over the years he worked as a tire repairman, a salesman, and even owned his own shop, Fleet Tire Service. When he was diagnosed with the deadly illness he filed suit against multiple defendants, including the companies that manufactured and …Read More

Asbestos was once a common component of vinyl tiles, and as a result tile manufacturers are frequently named in lawsuits filed by those diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma, asbestosis, and other asbestos-related diseases. In a recent case, The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was named as a defendant in a personal injury lawsuit. The company asked …Read More

Johnson & Johnson has been named as the defendant in tens of thousands of person injury lawsuits filed by people diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma and ovarian cancer, and by their survivors. Those cases, which blame talc in the company’s popular baby powder product for their illnesses, are all on hold, awaiting the outcome of bankruptcy …Read More

For years, Donna Grant worked concessions and catering at Lincoln, Nebraska’s Pershing Center, never dreaming that the job would lead to her eventual diagnosis with malignant mesothelioma. Two years after her death, her family has agreed to a $260,000 settlement with the city. The money will pay for her funeral and burial costs and her …Read More

A mesothelioma widow seeking justice on behalf of her late husband won an important victory in Delaware’s Supreme Court when the justices overturned a lower court decision that had dismissed her claim. Shelley Droz will now be able to pursue her case against the company she blames for her husband’s illness and death. Suit Claims …Read More

Following years of legal wrangling, mesothelioma widow Roseann Donovan finally got the legal justice she’d fought for. Mrs. Donovan’s late husband Michael had died of the rare asbestos-related disease in 2015, and ever since she has been on a quest to make the American companies she blamed for his death pay. Mesothelioma Victim Had Been …Read More

Calling Ford Motor Company’s failure to produce requested documentation pertaining to a mesothelioma lawsuit “an exceptionally troubling and deliberate disregard of the court’s authority,” the New Jersey Appellate Division soundly rejected the company’s appeal of sanctions imposed on it for withholding evidence in violation of discovery rules. The company was required to pay the victim’s …Read More

A St. Louis jury listened intently as Bill Trokey and his wife Cathy detailed his mesothelioma journey. They heard how the man had been exposed to asbestos, of his diagnosis, and of the impact on the family’s life. After two weeks they’d heard enough: They agreed that asbestos in Ford Motor Company’s brakes had caused …Read More

When Darlene Data’s husband Michael died of malignant mesothelioma she took legal action, filing personal injury lawsuits against several companies whose asbestos-contaminated equipment she blamed for her husband’s illness. Though mesothelioma plaintiffs face significant challenges in gathering proof of exposure that took place decades earlier, the Pennsylvania courts have created special allowances that give victims …Read More

A $36.5 million damages verdict against an insurance company has sent a positive, hopeful signal to 800 remaining plaintiffs waiting to file claims for mesothelioma, asbestosis, and other diseases related to asbestos exposure in Libby, Montana. Lawsuit Chosen as Bellweather for Other Mesothelioma and Asbestosis Cases The town of Libby, Montana has become synonymous with …Read More

Many of those diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma are victims of negligence on the part of asbestos companies who put profits ahead of the people who would be exposed to their carcinogen-contaminated products. Though victims sickened as a result of these decisions have the right to sue for negligence, they often hesitate due to the time …Read More

After an Oregon jury awarded mesothelioma victim David Hoff $8.75 million in damages, the defendant, Kaiser Gypsum, was assigned 35% responsibility and ordered to pay $2.9 million. The company filed an appeal of the decision and the award. Nearly six years later, a court of appeals rejected their appeal and Mr. Hoff’s widow will be …Read More

After remembering men in “moon suits” having conducted asbestos remediation work in the same buildings where he worked as a mechanical engineer, mesothelioma victim Frank Williams Jr. filed suit against Lockheed Martin and others, including The Boeing Company. Boeing’s motion for summary judgment was granted by a federal judge, but that decision was later overturned …Read More

Malignant mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer that is caused by exposure to asbestos. It is generally thought of as an occupational disease, as most people can trace their exposure to the carcinogen back to their workplace, but in some cases people are sickened through second-hand exposure to asbestos fibers on other people’s clothing. …Read More