A woman from the Queensland area of Australia has developed the asbestos cancer called mesothelioma as a result of secondary exposure to the potentially deadly substance. The woman, who did not want to be named, is thought to have been exposed through washing her husband’s asbestos contaminated work clothes. She has now filed civil claims [...]

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An appellate court in California has upheld a verdict where a woman and her husband were awarded twenty million dollars after the woman contracted the asbestos cancer known as malignant mesothelioma. Joan Mahoney was exposed to asbestos over a number of years as a result of remodelling houses. According to reports Joan was a singer [...]

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The family of a repairman who died from the asbestos cancer mesothelioma has been awarded two and a quarter million dollars by a jury in New York. The compensation was made up of one and a half million dollars in compensation plus an additional three quarters of a million dollars in punitive damages. The jury [...]

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Concern has been expressed recently over an eighty five year old man who has developed the asbestos cancer known as mesothelioma, for which he was awarded compensation. A chemical plant operator and plumber for nearly forty years Gordon Conley may never actually see more than a fraction of the compensation he was awarded. The reason [...]

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Two global corporate giants are facing having to pay out nearly half a million GBP between them in relation to asbestos related lawsuits. The two companies are the world’s biggest food company, Nestle, and the global energy giant Esso. Esso has already been ordered to pay three hundred thousand GBP to a woman who lost [...]

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The widow of a man who died from the asbestos cancer known as mesothelioma has been awarded over one million dollars in compensation. A Texas jury awarded $1.2 million to the woman, whose engineer husband died following exposure to asbestos. According to reports, Danny Puckett worked with additives to drilling lubricants, and these additives contained [...]

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Following the death of a UK victim who had mesothelioma, an open verdict has been recorded according to a recent report. The seventy year old man from Windsor died in July of this year as a result of the asbestos cancer. Reginald Tinmouth died in hospital after contracting the cancer. After leaving school he is [...]

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The widow and the three daughters of a man who died as a result of asbestos exposure have filed a lawsuit against twenty three defendant companies according to a recent report. The man, Donald Jones, died in January of last year as a result as asbestos cancer. The four women claim that Mr Jones’ lung [...]

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It has been announced in a recent report that homeowners in the South Australia who are looking to sell their homes will have to declare whether or not their homes contain the potentially deadly carcinogenic asbestos when they list the property for sale. This forms part of new plans that are set to be introduced [...]

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According to a recent report a lawsuit that was filed against a law firm and a radiologist has been dismissed by a U.S. District Judge. The lawsuit was filed by a transportation company and alleged that a fraudulent diagnosis of asbestosis had been made by the doctor. The transportation firm, which was Florida based CSX [...]

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According to a recent report an asbestos related lawsuit has been filed by a man who has contracted the asbestos cancer mesothelioma. The lawsuit has named thirty six companies as defendants in the lawsuit, which was filed by a former pipe fitter and welder. The lawsuit claims that Tommy Harrell was exposed to asbestos in [...]

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The dangers of possible asbestos exposure in the automotive industry has been highlighted in the UK recently, with legal experts claiming that they are working on a case on behalf of one victim of asbestos diseases in the Birmingham area of the UK but that potentially there could be hundreds more from the same site. [...]

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A widow from Leicester in England is to take action against the local council in a bid to get compensation for the death of her late husband, who died from the asbestos cancer known as mesothelioma. Leicester City Council was her late husband’s former employer, and she is suing for three hundred thousand pounds. Roger [...]

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It has been claimed that a recent report that was published in a Japanese medical journal blamed the drug Alimta for causing lung injuries to a man who was suffering from the asbestos cancer mesothelioma. This is a drug that is used to treat this form of cancer, and is also known as pemetrexed. The [...]

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A man from the Milwaukee area is said to have been indicted over improper asbestos removal after being found ton have breached safety regulations over the removal of this potentially deadly carcinogenic. The fifty three year old man has been indicted on charges of asbestos regulation violations. Asbestos is a known carcinogenic, and can cause [...]

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According to a recent report an asbestos driveway was partly responsible for a woman contracting the asbestos cancer, malignant mesothelioma, a disease from which she eventually died. Her son from Sydney, Australia, claims that the driveway was probably partly responsible for the death of his mother. John Boyle claims that he remembers the driveway being [...]

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The family of a woman who died from the asbestos cancer known as mesothelioma are suing sixty eight defendants over her exposure to asbestos, and her subsequent illness and death. The family of Sharon LaDuke claim that she was exposed to asbestos while working as a clerk at the Potsdam Civic Center. According to the [...]

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A former United States postal worker has been awarded two millions dollars in compensation following exposure to asbestos during his career, which subsequently resulted in him developing the deadly asbestos related cancer mesothelioma, a disease for which there is currently no cure. Sixty nine year old William Willis worked for the postal service between 1966 [...]

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A recent report has claimed that a man from the UK who died from mesothelioma had never knowingly come into contact with asbestos, which is the cause of this deadly cancer. Mesothelioma is a cancer that is linked to exposure to asbestos dust and fibers. However, an open verdict was recorded by the coroner on [...]

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A New York lawyer has spoken out following the release of a new federal report into the knowledge of asbestos from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. The report stated that around 1.3 million workers still face significant exposure to this deadly carcinogenic, including both construction and general workers. Joseph W. Belluck, a [...]

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A widower whose wife died from the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma has been awarded compensation. June Probin, from Crewe in the UK, died at the age of sixty seven from the asbestos related cancer. She is said to have contracted the disease as a result of exposure to asbestos fibers from her Dad’s overalls over [...]

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According to a recent report a lawsuit has been filed against a former UK High Street giant over asbestos exposure issues. The lawsuit has been filed by a woman, Verna Sarjeant, whose husband died from the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma, having been employed by the former High Street giant Woolworths. Woolworths, which was known affectionately [...]

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The family of a Kansas man who died from the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma, has been awarded four and a half million dollars by way of compensation following his death. Three companies were found to be responsible for the man’s exposure and the multi-million dollar award was made to his adult children and his widow. [...]

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According to a recent report researchers in Sweden have been looking more closely at how sodium selenite can beat mesothelioma cancer cells, and this follows a previous study that was carried out into this process. Previous studies showed that this antioxidant can kill mesothelioma cells in cell cultures. In the most recent study and research [...]

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A teacher from Michigan has his life to the asbestos related cancer, mesothelioma. The teacher, Joe Hoffer, aged sixty one, died last week from the asbestos related cancer. A former board president for the Holland Public Schools and the Ottawa Area Intermediate School District he leaves behind a widow, three children, and three grandchildren. OAISD [...]

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The widow of a man who died from the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma is appealing for former colleagues of her late husband to come forward to help her with her claim for compensation. Her husband worked at Uskmouth Power Station in the late 1950s and the early 1970s. Edward Cox was diagnosed with the asbestos [...]

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It has been reported that the Atlantic Richfield Company has reached a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency over asbestos violations and violations relating to other toxic substances at its former Anaconda Copper Mine Site in Nevada. The company has agreed to give the EPA $2.2 million, although the agency is said to have already [...]

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A widow from the UK has been awarded half a million pounds, equating to around eight hundred and thirty thousand dollars, after she lost her husband to the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma. The award was made to sixty give year old Carol Devoy, whose husband died two years ago from the cancer. Mrs Devoy stated [...]

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A recent report has shown that in Canada more than fifty percent of victims suffering from the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma file for Workers Compensation, despite the fact that the majority of those that do file for this compensation are successful with their claims. The data relating to these claims was recently published in the [...]

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A verdict has recently been given over the death of a UK woman who died in April of this year. Following the inquest the coroner recorded a verdict of death by industrial disease. The woman, Victoria Powell, aged sixty four, died after being diagnosed with the asbestos related cancer, mesothelioma. It was reported that the [...]

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