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• Breakthrough Treatment for Mesothelioma Discovered by Australian Oncologist

  
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  Victoria, Australia—Mesothelioma sufferers in Australia and around the globe may soon see an increased life expectancy, thanks to a breakthrough in the treatment of this aggressive asbestos cancer.Dr. Malcom Feigen, a radiation oncologist at the Austin Health Centre in Victoria, has been deeply involved with ...
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• $20 Million Dollar Mesothelioma Verdict Upheld

  
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  San Francisco, CA—An appellate court in California has upheld a verdict of $20 million which was previously awarded to a mesothelioma patient and her husband.Joan Mahoney, who was a singer by trade but who also helped her husband with a family-based home-remodeling business, contracted mesothelioma after years of ...
  3 days ago

• Former Carpenter With Mesothelioma Files Suit Against Manufacturers

  
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  Beaumont, TX—A former carpenter who claims he developed mesothelioma while on the job has filed a lawsuit against 38 defendant corporations, including General Electric and Georgia Pacific.Cleveland J. Savoy accuses the companies of failing to test the products which contained asbestos before manufacturing and ...
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• Woman Develops Mesothelioma From Secondhand Asbestos Exposure

  
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  Seven Hills, Queensland, AUSRALIA—In another of a growing number of cases of secondhand asbestos exposure, a woman who contracted mesothelioma from washing her husband’s work clothes is suing the State Government and building products manufacturer James Hardie.The woman, whose first name is Joan and who wishes ...
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• Mesothelioma Victim’s Son Files Suit Against DuPont

  
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  Old Hickory, TN—In one of an increasing number of lawsuits against the company, a Tennessee man has filed a wrongful death suit against DuPont, claiming that exposure to asbestos fibers led to the mesothelioma which killed his mother.Ruby Neely, who died earlier this year from the asbestos cancer, was exposed ...
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• Widow of Mesothelioma Victim Speaks Out

  
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  Trafford, England—Elaine Haskins, 59, is making public her husband’s struggle with mesothelioma in order to promote widespread awareness of this silent killer.Hugh Haskins, who had worked for years as a builder, was exposed to asbestos on the job and eventually contracted mesothelioma as a result. Haskins died in ...
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• Family of Mesothelioma Victim Will Get A Retrial

  
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  Chattanooga, TN—There will be a new trial in the case of a DuPont retiree who died from the asbestos cancer mesothelioma, and whose family has brought a suit against his former employer and other companies, ruled a three-judge appeals panel.Hugh Todd Nye worked at the Chattanooga DuPont facility from ...
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• Lawsuit Brought Against Two Foreign Corporations By Mesothelioma Victim

  
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  Tyler, PA—A federal lawsuit filed November 2 in the Tyler Division of the Easter District of Texas alleges that two foreign companies operating in Texas exposed a worker to asbestos, which led directly to his diagnosis of mesothelioma.Robert Plummer, along with his wife Nadine, have filed the suit against T&N ...
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• Mesothelioma Victims Back Asbestos Awareness Campaign

  
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  Kent, UK—Two victims of the rare, severe cancer known as mesothelioma are backing a British Health and Safety Executive campaign that is publicizing the dangers of asbestos exposure to tradesmen.Former electrician Jack Rekert, who was diagnosed with this unusual cancer of the lungs’ outer lining two years ago, has ...
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• Former Architect Dies From Asbestos Cancer Mesothelioma

  
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  London—Just two months after his diagnosis of mesothelioma, a former architect who worked with asbestos almost 40 years ago has died.Brian Pettit was 66 at the time of his death, for which which coroner Dr. Andrew Reid recorded a verdict of death by industrial disease. Pettit had developed a malignant tumor on his ...
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• Mesothelioma Risk Leads OSHA to Fine Buffalo-Area Contracting Company

  
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  Cheektowaga, NY—After learning that they engaged in dangerous practices concerning the evaluation of asbestos contamination and the removal of asbestos-containing materials, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined an upstate New York company $50,000.Superior General Contracting, of Buffalo ...
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• Deaths from Asbestos Illness Continue to Increase in Quebec

  
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  Asbestos exposure kills more workers in Quebec than any other cause, according to a recent report released by Quebec’s workers compensation board. So far this year, 61 out of 104 workers who died of work-related causes in the French-Canadian province have died of an asbestos illness, the board reports. Across ...
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• Peritoneal Mesothelioma Verdict Overturned on Appeal

  
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  Miami—Last week a Florida appeals court overturned a verdict of over $24 million in an asbestos liability case. The case will now go back to trial, on order of a panel of the 3rd District Court of Appeal.Dr. Stephen Guilder, who contracted peritoneal mesothelioma after working with asbestos-containing brake pads on ...
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• Asbestos exposure in USA shipyards - Lurking danger, long term effects

  
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  Dallas, Texas (CaymanMama.com) — Some of the most noble workers in America were also some of the most unlucky as their occupation was not only the backbone of the U.S. Naval forces, it was also the riskiest. American shipyard workers who served the country between World War II and the Korean war had an ...
  2 weeks ago

• Horley Woman Died from Asbestos-Related Mesothelioma

  
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  Horley, UK—A woman who made her living soldering airplane radios has died from the devastating asbestos cancer mesothelioma.Evelyn Boxall was 77 at the time of her death. She had been diagnosed with mesothelioma after years of working in a plant where she had used an asbestos mat.Asbestos, once prized for its many ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mount Sinai To Study Mesothelioma, Other Asbestos Diseases in Montana

  
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  New York—In an announcement made on Monday, researchers from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine discussed a new three-phase study that will investigate the effects of vermiculite mining in the Libby, Montana area on residents’ health. The asbestos contamination in that region has contributed to a number of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mesothelioma Rates Continue to Rise in Britain’s West Midlands

  
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  Birmingham, England—The latest reports from the British Health and Safety Executive have shown that rates of mesothelioma, the rare cancer which is linked to asbestos exposure, have continued to rise in the West Midlands region of the country.Provisional figures revealed that the death rate of men in the region, per ...
  2 weeks ago

• Woman Awarded Over $20 Million in Mesothelioma Case

  
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  Baltimore, MD—A University of Maryland nursing professor who contracted the asbestos cancer mesothelioma from her grandfather has been awarded more than $20 million in damages.A Baltimore City Circuit Court jury made the award on Friday in the case of Jocelyn Farrar, 57, after a two-week trial. Farrar had been ...
  2 weeks ago

• Holiday Spirit Survives in the Legacy of Mesothelioma Patient

  
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  Toronto—A man who has died from mesothelioma, the rare asbestos cancer that usually results in a grim prognosis for its patients, has left a legacy of generosity.Maurizio (Moe) Korcynski, a retired teacher, asked that donations made in his name go to the Toronto Star’s Santa Claus Fund, a yearly effort which ...
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• First Punitive Damages in NYS Mesothelioma Case in 20 Years Awarded

  
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  Buffalo, NY—The family of Ronald Drabczyk, a Niagara Falls chemical plant worker who died from the unusual asbestos cancer mesothelioma, has been awarded $1.5 million in damages and $750,000 in punitive damages by an Erie County jury.Drabczyk worked at Hooker Chemical in Buffalo, New York, overhauling valves which ...
  2 weeks ago

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