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Senators Knock ‘Texas Two-Step’ Bankruptcy Tactic Used by J&J in Talc Cases

By | Published February 11, 2022 | Posted in Asbestos | Comments Off on Senators Knock ‘Texas Two-Step’ Bankruptcy Tactic Used by J&J in Talc Cases

Lawmakers criticized Johnson & Johnson’s use of a Texas statute and the bankruptcy code to resolve thousands of lawsuits alleging the company’s talcum powder products gave women cancer, with some senators accusing the business of abusing the law. The comments came during a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing Tuesday examining the so-called “Texas Two-Step,” where a Read More

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Can Minimally Invasive Imaging Guided Ablation Offer New Options For Mesothelioma Victims?

By | Published February 3, 2022 | Posted in Asbestos | Comments Off on Can Minimally Invasive Imaging Guided Ablation Offer New Options For Mesothelioma Victims?

Image-guided tumor ablation is a minimally invasive, image-guided therapy used to treat tumors from liver cancer, kidney cancer, lung cancer, and bone cancer. Image-guided ablation may also be used to reduce the size of a tumor so it can be more easily eliminated by conventional treatment such chemotherapy or radiation. Image-guided ablation may also provide Read More

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$610 Million Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust Formed By Owens-Illinois Subsidiary

By | Published January 28, 2022 | Posted in Asbestos | Comments Off on $610 Million Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust Formed By Owens-Illinois Subsidiary

Owens-Illinois Glass announced that its subsidiary, Paddock Enterprises, LLC, has reached a tentative agreement for a Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization that will establish an asbestos bankruptcy trust with $610 million in initial funding. In the past four decades, the company paid out hundreds of millions in settlements and verdicts, and was still facing liabilities Read More

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Social Security Accelerates Benefits For Pericardial Mesothelioma Victims

By | Published January 21, 2022 | Posted in Asbestos | Comments Off on Social Security Accelerates Benefits For Pericardial Mesothelioma Victims

The U.S. Social Security Administration already covers both pleural mesothelioma and peritoneal mesothelioma, more common forms of the cancer, as part of the Compassionate Allowances program for years, but pericardial mesothelioma was never included – until now. SSA has added pericardial mesothelioma to its Compassionate Allowances list, accelerating the disabilities application process for this very Read More

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Study Reveals That Less Invasive Mesothelioma Surgery Increase Median Survival Rates

By | Published January 13, 2022 | Posted in Asbestos | Comments Off on Study Reveals That Less Invasive Mesothelioma Surgery Increase Median Survival Rates

According to the results published in the journal Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, the mesothelioma patients those who had less invasive extrapleural pneumonectomy had a longer survival rate than those who had the more conventional extrapleural pneumonectomy.The study also included those who had pleurectomy/decortication. The outcomes for each surgery revealed a significant difference in Read More

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Farmers and Agricultural Workers At Risk For Mesothelioma

By | Published January 7, 2022 | Posted in Asbestos, Mesothelioma | Tagged Tags: , , | Comments Off on Farmers and Agricultural Workers At Risk For Mesothelioma

Most of us think of industrial and heavy industry jobs when we think of workers exposed to asbestos. However, a  study conducted by Italian researchers has found that the deadly mineral endangered employees in other, less obvious settings, including agricultural laborers employed by farms. Much of the equipment and machinery used on farms is known Read More

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Supreme Court Declines To Hear Second J&J Challenge Of A State Ruling

By | Published December 16, 2021 | Posted in Asbestos | Tagged Tags: , , , , | Comments Off on Supreme Court Declines To Hear Second J&J Challenge Of A State Ruling

According to a report in Reuters, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, December 13 declined to hear a bid by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) to throw out a lawsuit brought by the state of Mississippi over allegations that the company failed to inform residents that its talc-based products increased the risks of developing ovarian cancer.  Read More

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Asbestos Criminals Risked Human Exposure to Asbestos

By | Published December 9, 2021 | Posted in Asbestos | Tagged Tags: , , , , | Comments Off on Asbestos Criminals Risked Human Exposure to Asbestos

Stephanie Laskin and Kristofer Landell were convicted of conspiring to violate Clean Air Act regulations regarding the safe removal, handling, and disposal of the carcinogenic material at a Kingston, New York worksite, exposing their workers and the community-at-large to the risk of mesothelioma. Project manager Landell and asbestos company owner Laskin were sentenced to eight Read More

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Italian Study Reveals Devastating Impact Of Asbestos Exposure When Lung Cancer Deaths Are Included With Mesothelioma Deaths

By | Published December 3, 2021 | Posted in Asbestos | Tagged Tags: , , | Comments Off on Italian Study Reveals Devastating Impact Of Asbestos Exposure When Lung Cancer Deaths Are Included With Mesothelioma Deaths

A study by Italian researchers suggests that mesothelioma ––the rare, terminal disease –– is only part of the story. In looking at the number of asbestos-exposed workers who died of lung cancer and comparing it to the number of mesothelioma victims among the same groups. The researchers reviewed lung cancer and mesothelioma research published between Read More

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Illinois Jury Awards Plaintiff More Than She Asked

By | Published November 19, 2021 | Posted in Asbestos | Tagged Tags: , , , , | Comments Off on Illinois Jury Awards Plaintiff More Than She Asked

A Cook County, Illinois jury recently awarded $23 million to a woman who developed lung cancer after handling asbestos-containing materials while working for the Chicago manufacturer Qualitex Co. The jury returned its verdict in favor of Cynthia Cowger in her lawsuit against Qualitex following a three-week trial. Over the course of the mesothelioma litigation, Qualitex Read More

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