Mesothelioma Cancer Law

Navy Veteran Receives $1.2 Million for Asbestosis (July 12, 2011) Many military-based mesothelioma law suits are starting to find their way into the courts as more cases of asbestos cancer and other mesothelioma diagnosis are beginning to emerge. Thousands of Navy and Coast Guard ships, for example, were constructed with asbestos, which had physical properties [...]

$1.2 Million Awarded for Asbestosis (July 12, 2011) asbestosis is a lung disease resulting from inhaling asbestos particles. asbestos exposure was unfortunately a common occurrence among members of all uniformed services as well as civilian defense employees, military contractors and people in the merchant marines. Because the Navy as well as the other branches of [...]

Veteran Wins Asbestosis Settlement in the Amount of $1.2 Million (July 12, 2011) asbestosis was the primary reason that a Pennsylvania Plaintiff; Richard Nybeck filed a mesothelioma law suit against John Crane. He claims that John Crane’s gaskets and packing material contained asbestos which led to the development of his lung disease. Mr. Nybeck stated [...]

Asbestos Exposure and You (June 14, 2011) Asbestos is described as a combination of long, thin fibers and fibrous minerals that studies have shown can cause cancer in the lungs as well as other asbestos-related illness. What also makes this mineral dangerous is the fact it will not breakdown or dissolve in water, is heat, [...]

(June 14, 2011) Mesothelioma is described as a rare cancer type that develops within a protective lining that covers the multiple internal organs labeled as mesothelium. The common area that is likely to be infected is the pleura (the internal wall of the chest and the outer lining of the lungs). Mesothelioma can also develop [...]

Asbestos Exposure Concerns Still Linger in New York (May 24, 2011) Asbestos continues to be a concern for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the lower Manhattan and New York Harbor areas as the catastrophe of the fall of the World Trade Towers continues to haunt New York. Even after clean-up efforts following the incident [...]

(March 10, 2011) In recent years there has been a sharp increase in the number of asbestos settlement cases, in response to increasing numbers people suffering from asbestos-related diseases. Studies show that most people have developed several lung diseases as mesothelioma due to asbestos exposure. The owners of production industries that use asbestos now in [...]

A Brief History of Asbestos (April 24, 2011) The use of asbestos dates back over 2,000 years and its name meaning “inextinguishable”, was given by the Ancient Greeks. Asbestos is the name of a group of minerals that contain long, thin, separable fibers that can be separated into threads and woven. Even though a lung [...]

What is Naturally Occurring Asbestos? (April 23, 2011) Asbestos is a fibrous mineral that was widely used in construction and the manufacturing of various products especially between1970-1990 and was valued for the flexibility of those fibers. Naturally occurring asbestos, also known as NOA, is found in certain rock formations and often takes the form of [...]

2/23/11, “Mesothelioma Lawyer Wyoming” For those who wonder about what the American West was like in the first part of the 19th Century, Wyoming is a good approximation. For its size (the 10th largest state at nearly 98,000 square miles), it is the least densely populated; less than half a million humans inhabit the state. [...]