On June 12, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit reversed a grant of summary judgment holding a shipyard immune from Louisiana state law tort claims pursuant to the Longshore and ...

"Before you hire an attorney to assist with a plumber or skilled trades worker with mesothelioma or asbestos exposure ...

Mesothelioma and lung cancer are serious diseases often caused by workplace, secondhand or environmental exposure to asbestos dust and fibers. What needs to happen when you get diagnosed with ...

"If your husband or dad is a former power plant worker with mesothelioma or asbestos exposure lung cancer anywhere in ...

Workers’ compensation is available to anyone who has been injured on the job. Asbestos exposure in the workplace is the number one cause of mesothelioma. Whether you are currently working or you have ...

Apr. 4—State lawmakers continue to review a bill Thursday that would modify the legal process for victims of asbestos exposure to receive compensation. The legislation proposes two substantial changes ...

In June, the Senate Judiciary Committee reached agreement on language describing the medical criteria that would be used to evaluate asbestos injury claims submitted to a proposed national ...

Missoula, Mont. — A federal jury ruled Wednesday that a health clinic in a Montana town where hundreds of people have died from asbestos exposure submitted 337 false asbestos claims that made patients ...

A High Court judge has ruled that a self-employed bricklayer who died of mesothelioma was directly recruited and employed by ...

Jessica Burgoyne, leveraging a deep background in research methods and a passion for legal issues, distills complex legal concepts into accessible insights. With over 100 published articles, her work ...

Workers whose jobs involved exposure to asbestos – including boilermakers, boiler workers, carpenters, factory workers, laborers, pipe coverers, and pipefitters – may be in danger of developing ...

Asbestos exposure has posed a serious health threat to American Veterans for many decades. Asbestos exposure was common across all branches of the military, especially between the 1930s and 1980s. If ...