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11 Feb 2022, 8:10 am
Why are companies still awarding multimillion-dollar settlements to mesothelioma patients and their families? [read post]
5 Apr 2017, 5:47 am
This long delay between exposure and reporting mesothelioma is one of the main reasons why companies were able to knowingly poison people with asbestos and get away with it for so many years. [read post]
28 Sep 2019, 7:55 am
The lawsuit names Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based Burnham LLC as the defendant, alleging the company knowingly produced and shipped products that required after-market parts made with asbestos, specifically asbestos-cement used as an insulation for the equipment. [read post]
26 Nov 2020, 12:17 am
Soon enough, its harmful effects have been confirmed; however, by then its benefits seemed so useful that many companies were willing to overlook potential health and safety issues. [read post]
13 Apr 2019, 8:16 am
Johnson & Johnson faces an estimated 13,000 additional asbestos cancer lawsuits across the country accusing the company of causing various types of cancer. [read post]
12 Jul 2012, 4:30 am
(Hiltzik does note that the plaintiff in question initially sued 65 companies in his products liability suit, a number which was later reduced to 44 defendants). [read post]
21 Jul 2014, 4:09 pm
An asbestos supplier whose product caused a smoker’s fatal lung cancer cannot shave off a portion of its liability by arguing it rightly belongs to tobacco companies that the survivors never sued, Maryland’s high court ruled Monday. [read post]
2 Mar 2018, 7:36 am
However, companies knew for decades that employees who worked with the mineral tended to become ill. [read post]
13 Oct 2017, 7:17 am
A few years ago, a business owner in Pineville, Louisiana, was caught burning asbestos shingles after his company did work on the local police station. [read post]
8 Mar 2008, 12:04 pm
"Some Asbestos Grace": The Wall Street Journal today contains an editorial that begins, "The asbestos lawsuit blob has grown so large that many companies have simply given up fighting it. [read post]
27 May 2010, 11:48 am
Instead, shareholders in the company suffer the losses. [read post]
4 Dec 2013, 12:36 am
These challenges include the fact that many companies that produced asbestos have gone bankrupt, and the fact that lung cancer, mesothelioma and other asbestos-related illnesses typically do not develop for decades after the victim was initially exposed to the asbestos. [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 7:36 pm
When we think of people developing mesothelioma from asbestos exposure, we often think of large corporate defendants, such as factory owners, shipping companies and construction companies. [read post]
17 Oct 2015, 6:23 am
He worked for the company until he was 21 year old, when he joined the army. [read post]
18 Aug 2011, 12:35 pm
Grace & Company plant in Southern California processed vermiculite from a mine in Libby from 1972 to 1993. [read post]
12 Feb 2018, 9:44 am
But it may take looking harder than some of these companies are willing to look. [read post]
4 Jun 2018, 12:09 pm
But asbestos companies, after spending most of the last century hiding asbestos risks from the public, have spent recent years and millions of dollars lobbying to keep asbestos legal. [read post]
5 Jul 2011, 9:33 am
In a typical bankruptcy case involving asbestos, the court issues an injunction that directs all future asbestos claims to be paid from a trust established by the debtor company. [read post]
2 Mar 2018, 7:26 am
Companies across a variety of industries- including asbestos manufacturers, and even the VA- have created funds to make sure people harmed by asbestos have the tools they need when diagnosed with mesothelioma in New Orleans. [read post]
29 Nov 2014, 11:23 pm
However, when the company appealed, the jury verdict was reversed and the appeals court found in Dow's favor. [read post]
