Anyone who has ever been close to someone diagnosed with mesothelioma and other incurable advanced stage cancers knows what impact this has on the life of not only the patient but also loved ones.  Primary support people are essential and make all the difference to someone  going through diagnosis, doctor and hospital visits, treatments, and [...]

Many products used in construction, renovations, or remodeling, including joint compound, fireproofing, fire-rated drywall, and acoustical ceiling texture, contained asbestos through approximately the late 1970s.  Some of our clients were exposed to asbestos in these products when they poured, mixed, applied, sanded, cut, drilled through, or disturbed these products.
Once the products are in place, however, [...]

When you are diagnosed with mesothelioma, mesothelioma compensation is determined by proof of exposure to asbestos and asbestos-containing products for which companies are responsible.  Responsibility attaches to companies who manufacture, sell, use, distribute or furnish asbestos containing products to workers job sites.
Our law firm has a long and successful track record of obtaining compelling evidence [...]

Asbestos can be found in surprising places.
Our office once represented a client whose hobby was jewelry making. Nightly for 14 years, he would work in his home with a soldering tool making pieces of jewelry. He used a soldering pad to rest the pieces of metal on when he was soldering.  This pad was made [...]

There is a new system that is and has been used for replacing deteriorating water pipes that contain asbestos called pipe-bursting.  Until the mid-1980’s, it was very common for pipes used for major water lines to be constructed with asbestos.  Now, decades later, as those pipes are needing to be replaced with non-asbestos containing plastic [...]

We recently posted two articles that point to the importance of early diagnosis of mesothelioma in guiding and expanding treatment options.  Most patients develop mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos on the job, although some are exposed environmentally or by second-hand means.
Mesothelioma is very challenging to accurately diagnose for two reasons.  One, there is a long latency period [...]

Matt Bobich of Northern Lights Center LLC has been charged $70,000 in penalties due to violating state safety regulations while renovating a building that investigators claim he knew contained the toxic substance asbestos, potentially exposing workers and putting them at risk of later developing mesothelioma.  
The almost 50,000 square foot building was the former home to [...]

A recently published report from Taiwan points out that the burden of mesothelioma is still high and possibly growing in developing countries where the importation and use of asbestos continues. 
Although many health and medical organizations have and continue to call for the total ban on the mining and use of all forms of asbestos, the [...]

There are many recent cases where contractors and property owners are being charged with violating the Clean Air Act; an environmental act intended to prevent putting anyone at risk of mesothelioma by being exposed to asbestos.  If the allegations are accurate, then the most recent case where two contractors and a car dealer in the [...]

If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma, you are probably trying to understand which treatments might be most effective.  If you have gone through initial treatment with little results, you may be exploring what other options you have.
Recently medical researchers published an article in Cancer Treatment Reviews (February 2010) with a [...]