Boston mesothelioma lawyers know that this disease is devastating. Families are shattered when lives are abruptly ended – in most cases the victims those who had no idea that years before they had been exposed to asbestos, the primary root cause of the deadly mesothelioma cancer. Now in civil court,…
Men who worked as diesel mechanics in New England prior to the 1980s may be doubly at risk for developing mesothelioma, according to research that indicates diesel fuel contains a carcinogen that can be nearly as dangerous as asbestos exposure. New England mesothelioma lawyers understand that for diesel mechanics, the…
Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers write a lot about people who were exposed to this deadly disease by way of their employer. A lot of times these were individuals who worked in shipyards, military service, factories, construction or some other job where airborne asbestos was a common threat. Something we haven’t…
According to a recent report from the International Agency for Research on Cancer, some 8,000 people in Britain who died from cancer had been sickened by some job-related factor – mostly having to do with exposure to asbestos. Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers understand that this accounts for more than 5…
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…
New cases of mesothelioma in Boston are diagnosed every single day. Our Massachusetts mesothelioma lawyers understand that while many of these cases are the result of asbestos exposure that occurred over long periods of time many years ago and primarily in the industrial sector, an ongoing concern is the asbestos…
Our Boston mesothelioma lawyers are nothing if not meticulous. That’s important for lawyers in any sector of law, but it’s critical in asbestos exposure litigation because many of these cases involve evidence that goes back decades. An incident stemming from a mesothelioma win in Mississippi illustrates the importance of this.…
Companies responsible for asbestos exposure in Boston and throughout the country use every possible tool at their disposal to divert the focus from their liability for mesothelioma sickness and death. The latest involves smear tactic targeting mesothelioma lawyers, saying their actions are akin to fraud, particularly when there is more…
Boston mesothelioma attorneys are going to have to get even more aggressive in fighting for their clients, following a decision by the high court in Pennsylvania, which could have far-reaching implications. At issue in Betz v. Pneumo Abex llc. was whether scientific evidence showing that even a slight amount of…
Massachusetts mesothelioma lawyers know that for many plaintiffs, their exposure to asbestos – and ultimately their mesothelioma diagnosis – were not the result of an isolated incident or even a singular job. That was the issue in Gallagher v. Nat’l Grid USA/Narragansett Electric, in which the Rhode Island Supreme Court…