Many companies and corporations that mined, processed, sold or manufactured asbestos and asbestos containing products have had to file for bankruptcy or reorganization.  We recently wrote articles about Congoleum, Garlock, and RPM International, companies that recently have sought or been approved for bankruptcy or reorganization.
RPM has two subsidiaries, Specialty Products Holding Corporation and Bondex International, [...]

Many of our clients who contract mesothelioma were unaware of the hazards of breathing asbestos during the time when they were exposed. Many clients report that they only first heard of the hazards associated with breathing asbestos in the late 1980s or 1990s, through the media, or when someone they knew contracted an asbestos-related disease.
This [...]

Pneumo Abex LLC is a holding company and is what remains of its predecessor, The Abex Corporation. For most of this century, the Abex Corporation has been one of the largest manufacturers and suppliers of asbestos-containing brake lining material utilized on a variety of vehicles from light trucks and cars to railroad trains and just [...]

Several caulking and glazing products contained asbestos between approximately the 1950s and late 1970s.  Asbestos was a fibrous mineral added to many products used in construction because it was affordable, available, and had excellent thermal and insulating properties.  However, asbestos is also carcinogenic, and now known to cause mesothelioma and other serious diseases.
Caulking is a [...]

Congoleum Corporation’s Chief Financial Officer Howard N. Feist reported that the “District Court of New Jersey has entered an order confirming Congoleum’s Fourth Amended Plan of Reorganization. With the District Court’s confirmation order, Congoleum will now proceed with the steps necessary to implement the plan.”
Congoleum Corporation manufactured vinyl asbestos floor tiles through 1975.  These tiles [...]

Certain vintage radios used to contain asbestos. This sheet of asbestos was attached inside the radio chassis and was purported to protect the wooden cabinet against heat damage caused by the radio tubes.
Asbestos is a naturally occurring fibrous mineral that was widely used in a variety of industries due to its highly  fire and heat [...]

The one established cause of mesothelioma in the United States is exposure to asbestos. Cigarette smoking has nothing to do with causing mesothelioma with one exception. Between 1952 and 1956 one cigarette company in the United States manufactured filtered cigarettes using asbestos in the filter.
The technology came from World War II gas mask filtration. 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 [...]

When clients hear the diagnosis “mesothelioma” and are asked by their doctor,  “Were you ever exposed to asbestos?” the client often responds, “Not that I know of.”   Many times, our clients do not know if they have been exposed to asbestos because many products were made with asbestos but the people using them did not [...]

Knowing what materials in your home contain asbestos can protect you against unwanted exposure and help avoid developing serious diseases, such as mesothelioma, years later.
Exposure to asbestos, a naturally occurring mineral fiber, may cause one or more serious diseases including: Asbestosis, Lung Cancer, and Mesothelioma.  Asbestos is also thought to cause cancers of the esophagus, [...]