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Did a judge rightly or wrongly grant a summary judgment in a mesothelioma lawsuit against a dissolved corporation?  That’s the essence of a legal battle underway right now in California.  The surviving family members of a mesothelioma victim argued that the judge had no right to do so.  Their appeal claimed that dissolved corporations still [...]

A former conductor’s wife filed a lawsuit against BNSF Railway alleging that unsafe working conditions caused her husband’s cancer, a cancer which killed him late last year.
Elouise York, of a suburb of Galveston, Texas, filed suit against her husband’s former employer this spring seeking restitution for his illness.  Ernest B. York Jr. worked as a [...]

A San Francisco jury unanimously voted to award John Casey, a retired plumber, a $41 million award in his suit against Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc.  The company manufactures wallboard and joint compounds commonly used in construction.  Their products, prior to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ban, used to contain asbestos, a known carcinogen that causes [...]

The New Jersey Supreme Court denied ExxonMobil’s appeal against the $7 million dollar award given to Bonnie Anderson, a former electrician, who developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos from an Exxon refinery.
The company had appealed, claiming that the amount did not adequately fit within the limitations imposed on such awards.  However, the court refused [...]