Largest Asbestos Related Criminal Trial Set to Start

An asbestos trial of W.R. Grace Co. and six of its former and present executives was recently set for jury selection in Missoula, Montana, where the Grace Vermiculite mines are alleged to have caused thousands of cases of mesothelioma cancer, asbestosis and lung cancer among employees and town residents. Read More

Court Reverses Decision against Mesothelioma Cancer Victim

In mid-September 2008, the Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed a decision by a lower court that was in favor of the asbestos products manufacturer, Georgia-Pacific. The surviving family of the plaintiff, a man who worked for a construction company in Pennsylvania in a variety of jobs during the 1970s and 1980s, will be allowed another chance at a legal remedy for his death due to mesothelioma cancer in 2004. Read More

Asbestos Company Settles Class Action Suit

Zonolite insulation maker W.R. Grace & Co. recently agreed to a huge payment plan to settle the class action launched against it by thousands of people who have been harmed by asbestos. Grace, widely known as the operator of the asbestos mines in Libby, Montana, began the bankruptcy process in 2001, but the company will pay up to $140 million as a settlement, backed by 50.1 percent of the company's stock. Read More

Hurricanes Gustav and Ike Released Asbestos

Gustav, a Category 3 hurricane, hit Louisiana August 31. Ike, the third most destructive U.S. hurricane on record, made landfall just two weeks later, causing damage estimated at $31.5 billion. Hurricane Ike was the most destructive hurricane in Texas history, with winds up to 240 miles per hour.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have advised the residents of areas affected by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike regarding the damage to their homes and the dangers that the homes may present. Read More

Florida Streetcars Will Soon Be Asbestos Free

illsborough County, Florida, where the city of Tampa is located, is going to spend tens of thousands of dollars to remove asbestos components from its electric streetcars. Some of the electrical parts in the streetcars are old -- from the 1930s -- and they contain asbestos, a toxic mineral linked to several types of cancer and respiratory diseases. Read More

Asbestos; useful but deadly, protect your rights

Asbestos.......The unseen killer. You may not see it or smell it, not even know that it exists, but we are all inhaling it. Many more than others.

We are all surrounded by asbestos every day that we walk and breath. The only difference is that those who are exposed on a daily and regular basis are more at risk than most.

Lung Fibrosis and Mesothelioma, cancer, are perhaps two of the deadliest results caused from long term exposure to asbestos. Read More

Asbestos; useful but deadly, protect your rights

Asbestos.......The unseen killer. You may not see it or smell it, not even know that it exists, but we are all inhaling it. Many more than others.

We are all surrounded by asbestos every day that we walk and breath. The only difference is that those who are exposed on a daily and regular basis are more at risk than most.

Lung Fibrosis and Mesothelioma, cancer, are perhaps two of the deadliest results caused from long term exposure to asbestos. Read More

Even in this day and age, asbestos can cause serious medical problems or even death

Asbestos is everywhere. Even in this day and age, asbestos can cause serious medical problems or even death to those who work around asbestos or inhale it for long periods of time.

If you have been diagnosed with an asbestos related disease, you need to seek the legal advice of an experienced asbestos lawyer Los Angeles as soon as possible after your diagnosis. Read More

Multiple Mesothelioma Cancer Lawsuits Initiated

On Sept. 4, a lawsuit was filed in Madison County by an Iowa couple who alleged that the wife's mesothelioma cancer is due to secondary exposure to asbestos through her husband's employment at Union Carbide. Their lawsuit states that Jerry Pettibone worked at Union Carbide from 1965 to 1986 and inadvertently brought home asbestos fibers on his work clothes, exposing his wife Leona to asbestos over a 20-year period. Read More