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Asbestos Disease--36 Years after Being Exposed Jack went into the Navy in 1967 and worked as a boiler technician until he left in 1971. During that entire period he worked on a ship removing and installing lagging and asbestos containing-insulation for pumps and pipes in the boiler room. He was never once issued with any warning or information about asbestos, asbestosis or asbestos mesothelioma.
Asbestos Mesothelioma: A Tale of Two Cities While one community hopes that a forthcoming trial slams the owners of a now-closed vermiculite mine for making its residents sick with asbestos mesothelioma, another community appears to be downplaying the risk with an eye to their property values.
Asbestos Mesothelioma and the US Postal Service Philip was a vehicle service technician with the U S Postal Service, so he worked around asbestos. He can remember his hands filling with asbestos dust when he removed worn out brakes. But he didn't know about asbestos mesothelioma.
Asbestos Mesothelioma – The Ultimate Price In December, 2008 the family of James King was awarded a million dollar settlement in a wrongful death suit. James had died from asbestos mesothelioma on December 24, 2004 just a year after being diagnosed. He had contracted the fateful disease as a result of his work as a boiler operator.
Asbestos Mesothelioma: "Asbestos Tastes Sweet" Steve was just 8 years old when he began his career as a mechanic. For 45 years he worked around asbestos, intensively. Now, at 53, he has a mass in his lungs and his bladder. He's waiting to find out whether the tumors are asbestos mesothelioma.
Asbestos Mesothelioma – One Boilermaker's Story John worked as a boilermaker all his life, which involved working extensively with asbestos in the repair and fabrication of asbestos gaskets. When John became ill with the asbestos mesothelioma he had to have a lung removed. His case recently went to court and the jury awarded him a settlement of $4,390,000.
Motel Mesothelioma: You Can Check-In Anytime You Like, But… The cough, the wheeze and the pain that appears to come out of nowhere could have come from 30 years ago—or from today, 30 years from now. That's how asbestos mesothelioma works, and mesothelioma cancer is a horrid condition for which there is no cure, and from which there is little relief. Only mystery—the mystery as to why mesothelioma and cancer takes so long to appear. Thirty years.
Zonolite Attic Insulation and Asbestos Mesothelioma On December 1 2008, a tentative $140 million settlement was reached in a class action lawsuit against WR Grace & Co, the makers of Zonolite Attic Insulation, a product which contained the extremely carcinogenic tremolite asbestos.
Asbestos Mesothelioma and New York City Firemen Carlos, his father, and his brother all worked for the New York City Board of Education for years. They were what are known as 'Firemen' – men who worked on and in the boilers of the schools in New York City. Now it seems the family business may include asbestos-related disease.
Asbestos Mesothelioma: It's All in the Family A growing trend with regard to asbestos mesothelioma is the infecting of family members by workers who bring asbestos fibers home with them on their clothes, causing mesothelioma and cancer. A woman, for example, who washes her husband's asbestos-laden work clothes, is diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer even though she has never set foot in her husband's workplace.
Man awarded $30 million in mesothelioma lawsuit Mark Buttitta finally got his day in court – but he had to die to do it. Mark contracted asbestos mesothelioma which caused his death. Mark's estate sued the companies that caused his asbestos exposure and won. His estate was just awarded $30.3 million.
Asbestos Mesothelioma--The Damage Continues Asbestos made the news recently—big time—regarding a tentative settlement of $140 million to be paid to by W.R. Grace, the company that mined asbestos and produced Zonolite—a do-it-yourself home insulation. The company faced a class action suit brought by hundreds of people who had used the insulation and developed asbestos related illnesses.
Asbestos Mesothelioma Continues to Take Lives , RI: Mesothelioma is a horrid form of cancer affecting the mesothelium; a protective lining that covers the majority of the body's internal organs. Prognosis, once mesothelioma has been established, is usually poor and there is generally no cure.
Asbestos Mesothelioma: One Man's Story from the Grave Stanley worked in the shipyards as an electrician for 33 years. He died of asbestos mesothelioma in 2007. His widow recently filed a negligent death lawsuit, and Stanley made an appearance in court.
Asbestos Mesothelioma--A Navy Perk Bob joined the navy in 1959, at the age of 19 and became a highly respected career naval officer who served for 24 years. He also lived on ships that had asbestos insulation; they were being refitted as a result. His wife is convinced that his tragic death from cancer was caused by his exposure to asbestos, and that his cancer could have been asbestos mesothelioma.
Asbestosis and the Naval Shipyards John signed up for the Navy when he was just a teenager, and he remained in the Navy until he retired decades later. John worked around asbestos insulation and it took its toll. He died of asbestosis after years of suffering. Now his granddaughter would like to know why the Navy doesn't have to answer for this.
Wisconsin Man Launches 9-Count Lawsuit over Asbestos Mesothelioma It just keeps happening, like a runaway train. Asbestos cancer, and diagnoses of asbestos mesothelioma from asbestos exposure appears to be a daily occurrence, with no sign or letting up. People are getting sick, and people are dying from asbestos involvement that happened so long ago…
Is Your Insulation Making You Ill? Dan was looking around the Internet a little while ago when he discovered an article about asbestos exposure on LawyersandSettlements. It got him thinking about the breathing problems he has developed and wondering if they could be related to the asbestos-containing zonolite insulation he used in his cellar over 13 years ago.
A Victory, Dead or Alive The case of a young woman who contracted asbestos mesothelioma through second hand exposure made the news this September. She was exposed to asbestos from the time she was born--literally--because her father came home wearing clothes contaminated with asbestos.
"I'm on Oxygen for the Rest of My life" Larry worked in a steel mill in Ohio for 19 years. Unfortunately, asbestos was used in the mill, around pipes and in the brake shoes of large tractors. So he and his co-workers suffered asbestos exposure the entire time they worked at the mill. Today, Larry can't breathe without supplemental oxygen.
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