We have read and researched a great deal about individuals who were diagnosed with mesothelioma years after they were exposed during their employment in a Navy shipyard or an auto mechanic shop or in roofing. What our Boston mesothelioma lawyers know is less common is how asbestos may affect those…
There is a widespread misconception that we don’t use asbestos in the U.S. anymore because we know how dangerous it is. We know that exposure can be fatal. We know that hundreds of companies have been made to pay billions due to litigation proving they knowingly exposed employees and consumers…
The reality shows featuring resourceful, do-it-yourself personalities have become quite popular over the years, particularly on the Home Gardening Network Television and the DIY Network. However, an Australian widow is making an appeal to these show producers: Don’t gloss over the dangers of asbestos in renovation projects. Boston mesothelioma lawyers…
We recently wrote in our Boston Mesothelioma Lawyers Blog about universities in Boston that had been slapped with large fines as a result of improper removal of asbestos and other violations. Now, Texas State University has come under fire for asbestos found in one of its dorms. University officials say…
Technology that was developed in order to sniff out bombs at airports also apparently has the ability to detect certain types of cancer – namely, mesothelioma. Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers are encouraged that the advances in medicine are focusing on this fatal disease, hopefully moving us ever-closer toward a possible…
Two Boston higher education providers, as well as a construction company, have drawn the ire of state environmental officials for violating state statutes governing asbestos exposure. Reports are that Emerson College, Boston University and Suffolk Construction Co. Inc. will have to fork over some $530,000 for violations. Our Boston mesothelioma…
The owners of a Lynnfield asbestos removal company have pleaded guilty to a number of Massachusetts Clean Air Act and Solid Waste Act violations, as well as evasion of unemployment insurance and filing false statements with the Environmental Department of Protection. Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers understand that even given all…
Boston mesothelioma lawyers know that the dollar cost of asbestos abatement in this country has been enormous. But it’s a task that one mining city in Montana felt it couldn’t afford not to do. The Associated Press reports that in Libby, which for his has been grappling with mesothelioma, a…
A Massachusetts asbestos case has been gaining attention, as a business owner accused of illegally – and dangerously – storing the deadly compound seeks to have her statements stricken from court. Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers believe the truth should come out. If this woman and her company were jeopardizing public…
Accused of increasing the risk of asbestos exposure in Southborough and Provincetown, three entities have been fined more than $35,000 for reportedly illegally storing the dangerous organic compound. Our Boston mesothelioma attorneys are encouraged that the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection is actively pursuing such cases, though we would argue…