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Philly School District poised to pay $850K to teacher diagnosed with mesothelioma

March 2, 2020 By Thomas Lamb

Lea DiRusso, the career city teacher diagnosed last year with a deadly asbestos-linked cancer, is in line to be paid $850,000 by the Philadelphia School District. The school board on Thursday night will consider a resolution allowing the district “to execute, deliver, and perform a settlement agreement” with DiRusso and Amr Osman, her husband, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Claims, Exposure, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos claims, asbestos exposure, asbestos fibers, asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma, Schools, Teachers

Mass. High Court Rules Statute of Repose Applies to Asbestos-Related Claims

March 8, 2019 By Thomas Lamb

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that a statute of repose barring many construction-related personal injury claims after a time limit of six years also applies to claims involving diseases with extended latency periods, such as asbestos-related illnesses. The ruling follows the death of Wayne Oliver in 2016 due to mesothelioma … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Law, Lawsuits, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos claims, asbestos lawsuits, mesothelioma lawsuits, Statutes of Repose

Fla. SC rejects Daubert standard in $8M mesothelioma case

November 12, 2018 By Thomas Lamb

The Florida Supreme Court has quashed an appellate court’s ruling in a mesothelioma case and recommended that a final judgment issued by a trial court be reinstated. On Oct. 15, [2018] the Supreme Court concluded that the 4th District Court of Appeals decision was “inconsistent without case law” and rejected that court’s reasoning in an appeal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Law, Lawsuits, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos claims, asbestos lawsuits, mesothelioma, mesothelioma lawsuits

NY Court of Appeals to Weigh Expert Opinion Linking Asbestos, Mesothelioma

October 22, 2018 By Thomas Lamb

The New York Court of Appeals is set to hear arguments this week on whether expert testimony on the potential link between certain asbestos-containing products and a mechanic’s mesothelioma was enough for a jury to find Ford Motor Co. partly liable for the worker’s illness. The arguments are on an appeal from the Appellate Division, First … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Law, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos claims, asbestos lawsuits, l, mesothelioma lawsuits

Appellate court requires Reynolds to disclose lists linked to asbestos lawsuit

October 15, 2018 By Thomas Lamb

A three-judge appellate court panel in Pennsylvania ruled Thursday that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. must release lists of smokers and employees who sued Lorillard Inc. related to cigarette filters that contained asbestos. Reynolds inherited the legal liability as part of its $29.25 billion purchase of Lorillard in July 2015. Reynolds could not be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Exposure, Lawsuits, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos claims, asbestos lawsuits, cigarette filters, malignant mesothelioma, malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), mesothelioma, mesothelioma lawsuits

Killed by a cuddle: Woman died after exposure to second-hand asbestos on husband’s overalls

July 27, 2018 By Thomas Lamb

Babcock International Ltd has been ordered to pay compensation to the children, grandchildren and siblings of Adrienne Sweeney, who lost her battle with mesothelioma – an extremely aggressive form of lung cancer – in August 2015 [after her exposures to second-hand asbestos years earlier]. The mother-of-three, from Paisley in Renfrewshire, had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Exposure, Lawsuits, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos claims, asbestos exposure, asbestos lawsuits, malignant mesothelioma, malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), mesothelioma, mesothelioma lawsuits, secondhand asbestos exposure

Court: No company liability for asbestos exposure by family of worker

May 15, 2018 By Thomas Lamb

Arizona companies have no duty to protect family members from exposure to toxic materials their employees bring home on their work clothes, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday. In the first ruling of its kind in Arizona, a majority of the justices rejected arguments by of survivors of Ernest Quiroz that Reynolds Metal Co. should be held … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Claims, Exposure, Law, Lawsuits, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos claims, asbestos exposure, asbestos lawsuits, malignant mesothelioma, mesothelioma, mesothelioma lawsuits, paraoccupational exposures, secondhand asbestos exposure

Foster Wheeler Can’t Sink Ship Worker’s Asbestos Claim

April 12, 2018 By Thomas Lamb

Foster Wheeler LLC failed to shake asbestos exposure claims by the estate of a shipyard worker who allegedly worked in close proximity to the company’s boilers. Because the ships were new when machinist Robert Hilt worked in the boiler rooms, the estate’s claim that he was exposed to the original asbestos-containing materials in the boilers, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Claims, Exposure, Law, Lawsuits Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos claims, asbestos exposure, asbestos lawsuits

Mesothelioma case goes to Missouri Supreme Court

December 21, 2017 By Thomas Lamb

In the latest turn in a [mesothelioma workers compensation claim] that was appealed by both the widow of a lifetime tile installer who died of complications related to asbestos exposure and the employer and insurer who say a new law was misapplied to the case’s arguments, the Court of Appeals of Missouri in Kansas City is sending the issue to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Claims, Law, Lawsuits, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos claims, asbestos lawsuits, mesothelioma, mesothelioma lawsuits, workers compensation claims

Pittsburgh Corning trust reaches settlement with asbestos claimants

December 1, 2017 By Thomas Lamb

A trust set up to handle asbestos litigation against Pittsburgh Corning Corp. has reached a $178 million settlement with a group of 2,000 claimants who have been seeking relief since the 1990s . In a deal disclosed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Pittsburgh, the $4 billion trust agreed to pay initially $38 million to the group, called the Cimino … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Bankruptcy, Claims, Law, Lawsuits Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos claims, asbestos lawsuits, bankruptcy, mesothelioma, mesothelioma lawsuits

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