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J&J Talc Claimants Seek to Pre-Empt Company’s Bankruptcy Strategy

By | Published August 27, 2021 | Posted in Products liability | Tagged Tags: , , , | Comments Off on J&J Talc Claimants Seek to Pre-Empt Company’s Bankruptcy Strategy

A committee representing talc-injury claimants asked for a restraining order forbidding J&J from carving out talc-related liabilities from the rest of the business. J&J has told personal injury lawyers it is considering bankruptcy for a subsidiary as a way to resolve lawsuits and future claims stemming from talc, The Wall Street Journal reported last week. Read More

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Attorneys for 35-Year Old Woman With Mesothelioma Point to J&J’s “Indifference” to Claims of Asbestos in Talcum Powder

By | Published August 19, 2021 | Posted in Asbestos, Mesothelioma | Tagged Tags: , , , | Comments Off on Attorneys for 35-Year Old Woman With Mesothelioma Point to J&J’s “Indifference” to Claims of Asbestos in Talcum Powder

Johnson & Johnson should pay a terminal mesothelioma patient “tens of millions” after ignoring decades of red flags about asbestos in its talc baby powder, a lawyer for the California woman told a jury in closing arguments Monday, as reported on Law360. Christina Prudencio, 35, has suffered through surgery, hemorrhage, and other medical issues, and Read More

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Veterans At Risk For Mesothelioma

By | Published August 12, 2021 | Posted in Asbestos, Mesothelioma | Tagged Tags: , , , | Comments Off on Veterans At Risk For Mesothelioma

Each year, some 10,000 veterans die from asbestos-related diseases. Veterans account for nearly one-third of the mesothelioma cases diagnosed each year, especially those who served in military occupations where asbestos was present. While all branches of the military uses asbestos, it was used extensively in naval vessels. Asbestos Attorneys Experienced In Veterans Mesothelioma Cases Since Read More

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Plumbers At Greater Risk for Mesothelioma Due To Frequent Asbestos Exposure

By | Published August 6, 2021 | Posted in Asbestos | Tagged Tags: , , , | Comments Off on Plumbers At Greater Risk for Mesothelioma Due To Frequent Asbestos Exposure

It has been generally known that plumbers are at greater risk to contract mesothelioma because of their exposure to asbestos products. Their proximity to asbestos in cement pipes, pipe wrap insulation and joint compound puts them at increased risk. In a recent case the family of the late plumber Robert Swanson were awarded $5 million Read More

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Clinical Trials for Malignant Mesothelioma Facilitate Extended Survival for Vets

By | Published July 23, 2021 | Posted in Mesothelioma | Tagged Tags: , , , , | Comments Off on Clinical Trials for Malignant Mesothelioma Facilitate Extended Survival for Vets

Although mesothelioma clinical trials have been generally unavailable to veterans through the VA in the past, this has changed in recent years. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the VA Interagency Group to Accelerate Trials Enrollment (NAVIGATE) program is a partnership between the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Department of Veterans Affair (VA) to Read More

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California Man Awarded $4.8 Million in Mesothelioma Lawsuit

By | Published July 15, 2021 | Posted in Asbestos | Tagged Tags: , , , , | Comments Off on California Man Awarded $4.8 Million in Mesothelioma Lawsuit

AP News reported that a Vietnam War veteran and retired school bus driver, Willie McNeal, Jr., was awarded $4.8 million by a California Superior Court jury that determined asbestos-contaminated talc led to his diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma. Whittaker, Clark & Daniels, a longtime talc supplier was ordered to pay McNeal $1.8 million in compensatory damages and $3 Read More

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When Buying Old Homes Be Aware of Asbestos Risk

By | Published July 8, 2021 | Posted in Asbestos, Asbestos-Related Illnesses | Tagged Tags: , , | Comments Off on When Buying Old Homes Be Aware of Asbestos Risk

“Asbestos. The name has its origin in the Greek word for inextinguishable. A highly-effective and inexpensive fire-retardant material and thermal and acoustic insulator, asbestos was used extensively in home construction from the early 1940s through the 1970s.” So says an article on the web page of This Old House. It’s true that many people love Read More

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Talc Supplier Settles Suit Mid-Trial

By | Published July 1, 2021 | Posted in Asbestos, Mesothelioma | Tagged Tags: , , | Comments Off on Talc Supplier Settles Suit Mid-Trial

Whittaker Clark & Daniels Inc., talc suppliers, has reached a deal to end a California teacher’s suit alleging her mesothelioma was a result of the asbestos-tainted talc it supplied to makers of talcum powder. The retired teacher who brought the suit claimed her malignant mesothelioma was caused by asbestos hidden in body powders she used Read More

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Dual Immunotherapy Drugs Added To Australia’s Public Health Program

By | Published June 25, 2021 | Posted in Asbestos | Tagged Tags: , , , | Comments Off on Dual Immunotherapy Drugs Added To Australia’s Public Health Program

A combination treatment that has been called a “game changer” for mesothelioma victims in Australia has now been added to the nation’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). From next month, any of the 700 to 800 Australians who are diagnosed with mesothelioma each year will be able to access a course of immunotherapy drugs, called Opdivo Read More

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Malaria Drug Shows Promise As Mesothelioma Treatment

By | Published June 17, 2021 | Posted in Asbestos, Mesothelioma | Tagged Tags: , , | Comments Off on Malaria Drug Shows Promise As Mesothelioma Treatment

Quinacrine, a drug once used to treat malaria, has found to have a positive effect in treating mesothelioma. The drug researchers — who came from Penn State, Texas Tech, Keck Graduate Institute in California and St. John’s University— found that when mesothelioma cells were treated with quinacrine, they stopped migrating and forming new colonies that Read More

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