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Shipyard Worker Awarded $25 Million in Asbestos Lawsuit Against Exxon

CPSM — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 01:12:31 +0000

A 72-year old Virginia man won his fight against the oil giant Exxon in a Circuit Court trial in Newport News. A jury awarded Bert Minton $25 million for his pain and suffering after being exposed to asbestos while repairing and refurbishing ships at Newport News Shipbuilding where he worked from the sixties through the [...]

Shipyard Worker Awarded $25 Million in Asbestos Lawsuit Against Exxon is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Asbestos Lawsuit Stay Granted In Vest v. Allied Packing & Supply

CPSM — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:19:51 +0000

Westlaw recently reported that the Northern District of California stayed an asbestos lawsuit in which plaintiff was claiming his asbestos related illness was due to exposure to asbestos brought home on his father’s work clothes and from visiting his father while he worked on airplanes at the World Airways’ hangers in California. (Timothy Vest, et [...]

Asbestos Lawsuit Stay Granted In Vest v. Allied Packing & Supply is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Halliburton Securities Fraud Case

CPSM — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 13:51:31 +0000

Investors who purchased Halliburton stock between 1999 and 2001 filed a lawsuit in Federal Court seeking money damages. The complaint alleges that Halliburton’s CEO fraudulently underestimated Halliburton’s asbestos liabilities, overstated revenues and further overestimated the benefits of its1998 merger with Dresser Industries, Halliburton’s rival and a corporation with known asbestos related liabilities. Asbestos, a naturally occurring [...]

Halliburton Securities Fraud Case is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Important Conversations if Diagnosed with Mesothelioma

CPSM — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 19:02:09 +0000

Receiving a diagnosis of mesothelioma is devastating. Mesothelioma, caused by prior exposure to asbestos, is an incurable cancer that begins in the lining of the lungs, heart or abdomen. From the time of diagnosis, the patient most often has less than a year to live. Although there is much research being conducted in the way [...]

Important Conversations if Diagnosed with Mesothelioma is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Punitive Damages Awarded in Asbestos Lawsuit

CPSM — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 21:48:21 +0000

Plaintiffs of asbestos lawsuits in California can recover punitive damages if they can prove that the defendant, either the manufacturer of the asbestos containing product or the employer, was guilty of oppression, fraud, or malice. Harm to the plaintiff can be as a result of direct malice or intentional trickery or deceit. For almost a hundred [...]

Punitive Damages Awarded in Asbestos Lawsuit is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Whistleblower of Asbestos Wins Lawsuit

CPSM — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:29:49 +0000

Ray Barker, a weatherization employee of the Genesee County Community Action Resource Department in Colorado, won a $250,000 settlement in his case claiming wrongful termination after warning of potentially exposing himself and customers to asbestos. GCCARD is a local county department organization that assists low income residents. One of the services they provide is weatherization [...]

Whistleblower of Asbestos Wins Lawsuit is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Cost to Hire a Mesothelioma Lawyer

CPSM — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:55:31 +0000

If you or someone you know has worked around asbestos containing products and has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, or asbestos cancer, you have probably been advised to file a lawsuit to help recover financial losses and pay for medical costs. This article is intended to answer any questions you may have about the costs [...]

Cost to Hire a Mesothelioma Lawyer is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Importance of Hiring a Mesothelioma Attorney who Specializes in Asbestos Lawsuits

CPSM — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:38:12 +0000

It is often the case that individuals diagnosed with mesothelioma or other asbestos related lung disease were actually exposed many years in the past from products or activities of corporations that have long since disappeared. Some have entered into bankruptcy and set up trusts for their asbestos related liabilities while others have merely been consumed [...]

Importance of Hiring a Mesothelioma Attorney who Specializes in Asbestos Lawsuits is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Asbestos Workers Compensation Claim or Personal Injury Lawsuit

CPSM — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:40:56 +0000

Because many of our clients were exposed to asbestos through the course of their employment, or while they were “on the job,” they may chose to pursue a workers compensation claim in addition to the personal injury action we file on their behalf. While both asbestos workers compensation claims and asbestos personal injury lawsuits may [...]

Asbestos Workers Compensation Claim or Personal Injury Lawsuit is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Knowledge that Asbestos Leads to Mesothelioma Known Decades Ago

CPSM — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:19:46 +0000

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 [...]

Knowledge that Asbestos Leads to Mesothelioma Known Decades Ago is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.