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While malignant mesothelioma has long been associated with male-dominated work like shipbuilding and insulation, a disturbing increase in women being diagnosed with the rare and fatal form of cancer is being blamed on exposure to asbestos in talc-based powders. Though companies like Johnson & Johnson and Colgate Palmolive have denied asbestos contamination in their products, …Read More

The manufacturer of a popular brand of boilers was recently accused of negligence and legal responsibility for a New York man’s mesothelioma death. Superior Boiler Works, Inc. defended itself bybut evidence submitted at court showed that the documents they produced had been created for the sole purpose of defending against asbestos litigation and that they …Read More

A former employee of Honeywell International was recently awarded $7.3 million in personal injury damages after a Baltimore, Maryland agreed that his malignant mesothelioma was caused by the negligence of an asbestos installation company. Though the company later appealed the jury’s verdict, the appeals court upheld the verdict and damages, and he will be provided …Read More

In many cases, a person who has been diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma learns that the company that originally exposed them to asbestos is no longer operating under its original ownership. In most cases, an acquiring company is not able to escape legal responsibility for the negligence of the company that they’ve purchased. A Washington appeals …Read More

In what has been called one of the largest asbestos-related verdicts in South Florida history, a 71-year-old mesothelioma victim and his wife have been awarded over $70 million in damages. Charles E. Thornton is a former laboratory technician who accused a biopharmaceutical equipment company of negligence in its failure to warn of asbestos contained in …Read More

The link between exposure to asbestos and malignant mesothelioma has been established for decades, and so has the relationship between the carcinogenic material and lung cancer. But when smokers who have been exposed to asbestos are diagnosed with lung cancer, they’ve had a hard time proving that asbestos companies share in the legal responsibility for …Read More

Indicating that the $325 million a Manhattan jury awarded a mesothelioma victim was too high, a New York state judge reduced the punitive damages payout for 67-year-old Donna Olson and her husband to $120 million. The case revolved around Mrs. Olson’s lifelong use of Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder, which the couple claim was contaminated …Read More

The life that Branko Srica dreamed of when he arrived in the United States in 1971 was cut short by malignant mesothelioma, and now his widow is fighting for justice from those she believes are responsible. Mr. Srica, a native of Yugoslavia, died of the rare, asbestos-related disease in 2016 after a two-year battle, but …Read More

Who wins a mesothelioma lawsuit often depends upon the strength of the testimony expert witnesses provide to the jury. While victims and other witnesses provide information about what happened and how exposure took place, it is expert witnesses who give the jury members the scientific information on which they base their assessment of what is …Read More

There are many mesothelioma lawsuits filed against asbestos companies on the grounds that they either knew or should have known about the hazards that asbestos posed to those working with their products. But in some cases, the accusation goes beyond basic negligence and accuses defendants of actively concealing danger. Juries convinced of this level of …Read More

A California man afflicted with malignant testicular mesothelioma has won his lawsuit, taking home $25 million for himself and his wife. Houshang and Soraya Sabetian filed suit against several companies, charging them with negligently exposing him to asbestos when he worked at Iranian oil refineries between 1959 and 1979 and leading to his eventual diagnosis …Read More

One of the tragic ironies surrounding mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases is that they’re caused by a material whose intent was protective. Asbestos is a mineral that has long been used to mitigate the effects of heat, sound and flame — it was incorporated in insulation, brake linings, floor and ceiling tiles and more, specifically …Read More

In 2015, 73-year-old Albina Licul was diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma, and she died of the rare, asbestos-related disease just sixty days later. But before her death, she was able to file a mesothelioma lawsuit against the plaster company that she blamed for her illness. She cited the asbestos they sprayed at the World Trade …Read More

Recalling college is usually a happy, nostalgic experience, but mesothelioma victim Paul Margolis’ memories center on piles of asbestos dust on the floors of his dormitory, and the devastation that dust has created for him and his family. The 70-year-old blames contaminated materials used during repair work for his eventual diagnosis with the fatal disease, …Read More

Larry Knecht lost his life to malignant mesothelioma with the knowledge that his illness was the result of his life’s work. He identified the asbestos-contaminated auto parts he’d worked with for decades as the source of his illness, and after his death his widow filed a personal injury lawsuit. A jury awarded his widow over …Read More

After losing a $14 million mesothelioma lawsuit, Celanese Corporation had two options: either pay the money they owed to the family of Dennis Seay, who died of the disease at just 70 years old, or find some reason to appeal the verdict. The company chose the latter, arguing that though it was true the man …Read More

Mesothelioma victims who pursue justice against asbestos companies face countless challenges. In addition to battling their disease, they’re expected to recall minute details from forty to fifty years earlier in support of their claims. This would be hard under the best of circumstances, but while confronting a terminal, painful disease it is particularly difficult. Such …Read More

In February of 2015, Mason South filed a malignant mesothelioma lawsuit against Chevron, seeking damages for the disease caused by decades of asbestos exposure onboard ships owned by Texaco, which the company had since purchased. To his surprise, the oil giant moved to have his case dismissed, pointing to a $1,750 asbestos settlement he had …Read More

Victor Michel’s family’s mesothelioma lawsuit against Ford Motor Company seemed fairly straightforward. The former mechanic had worked on Ford cars and trucks for years, fixing engines and brakes that the automotive giant had manufactured using asbestos-contaminated parts. After years of breathing in the toxic particles, Michel developed the peritoneal mesothelioma that ended up claiming his …Read More

Women have been using cosmetic body powders after their baths and showers and for personal hygiene for decades, never dreaming that doing so put them at risk for malignant mesothelioma. Unfortunately, in recent years it has become clear that the talc in these products was frequently contaminated with asbestos, putting users at risk for the …Read More