Mesothelioma
Asbestos Lawsuit News
July 3,
2003
"Virginia pushing for FAIR Act" The FAIR
Act stands for Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution
Act, which a Senate committee is expected to come to
a conclusive consideration decision for in July 2003.
Under the Act, the current system regarding asbestos
exposure victims will be replaced by a trust fund to
have quicker and more efficient asbestos victim benefits.
The current system allows so much time to lapse that
a high number of asbestos victims will never see their
compensation because many will die beforehand. In the
event that asbestos compensation is received, the money
for the damages is not adequate for the suffering experienced.
Contact us to confer with
an asbestos mesothelioma lawyer.
July 2, 2003
"USG continues to suffer from asbestos-mesothelioma
lawsuits" The Senate proposal regarding asbestos
litigation is looking to bring the 20 years of asbestos
litigation under better control. With the current situation,
asbestos victims are not receiving fair compensation
for his/her suffering, and many asbestos victims have
died from deadly asbestos related illnesses, like mesothelioma
before recovering damages. USG is one company in particular
that has been named in asbestos and mesothelioma liability
suits.
The
company manufactured joint treatment compound in the
1960s and early 1970s that contained asbestos. According
to USG more than 300,000 asbestos claims were tried
or settled in the last 25 years and $20 billion has
been paid out to asbestos claimants. A deadly, carcinogenic
substance, asbestos is linked to mesothelioma, asbestosis,
as well as many other effects. Contact
us to confer with an asbestos mesothelioma lawyer.
July 2, 2003
"Asbestos exposure lawsuits among top issues
for Texas lawmakers" Of the 28 issues that
Texas lawmakers have made a priority for changes in
environmental law and restrictions was asbestos exposure
lawsuits. Governor Rick Perry was responsible for the
asbestos exposure lawsuits being a subject addressed.
Senator Eddie Lucio and Perry are on opposite sides
of the asbestos exposure lawsuit fight.
Lucio
did not vote to allow the asbestos bill to be considered,
which requires a two-thirds vote to be considered in
the Senate. The asbestos bill will allow people that
have developed mesothelioma because of asbestos exposure
to have their mesothelioma lawsuits be put on the fast
track in court. Asbestos lawsuits have been controversial
and asbestos victim supporters have been upset with
the amount of time it take many people to ever recover
the damages.
Some
victims will never receive compensation because mesothelioma
will end up taking their lives beforehand. Many asbestos
exposed victims have been suffering mesothelioma and
other deadly conditions for decades and should be able
to receive payment immediately for the pain and suffering
according to the asbestos bill supporters. Contact
us to confer with an asbestos mesothelioma lawyer.
June 30,
2003
"Asbestos victims continue to be victimized"
Thousands of South African people that have fallen terminally
ill to asbestos exposure conditions endured a four-year
asbestos lawsuit and was promised multi millions of
dollars but was just informed they will receive less
than half of the amount promised. The company failed
to honor the December 21, 2001 asbestos settlement involving
7,500 asbestos claimants. The entire asbestos- mesothelioma
lawsuits took so long to finalize that 10% of the claimants
have already died, approximately 776 people. In addition
to mesothelioma, asbestos exposure caused asbestosis
as well as other serious illnesses. Contact
us to confer with an asbestos mesothelioma lawyer.
June 27,
2003
"Senate agreeing to asbestos trust increase"
The Senate panel has agreed to increase the size of
the asbestos trust to an amount as high as $153 billion
to end all asbestos lawsuits. The main disagreement
regarding the asbestos fund would be what types of payments
will be made to asbestos exposed people that are now
suffering deadly diseases as a result. If the trust
passes, the asbestos settlement will be the second largest
of all time following the tobacco settlement in 1998.
By
increasing the amount of the asbestos trust, many people
in supports of it passing are hoping it will allow the
trust to have adequate funds for all the people suffering
asbestos related diseases to recover money, including
mesothelioma and asbestosis. The fund proposes that
up to $750,000 will be paid to asbestos victims, with
the largest sums of compensation going to mesothelioma
sufferers. Individual mesothelioma lawsuits have awarded
asbestos exposed victims up to $250 million. Mesothelioma
is a fatal cancer linked only to asbestos exposure.
Contact us to confer with
an asbestos mesothelioma lawyer.
June 10, 2003
"Queen’s medical expert dies"
The Queen’s medical expert in Canada has died
after making significant contributions to linking asbestos
exposure to mesothelioma. After working in South Africa
in 1960, he suggested a connection between asbestos
exposure and mesothelioma. Extensive work was performed
with asbestos fiber counts compared to the normal population
versus shipyard workers. Contact
us to confer with an asbestos mesothelioma lawyer.
June 8,
2003
"Controversial asbestos screening"
There were hundreds of examiners in Oregon, Washington,
Montana, and other states to screen hundreds of veteran
aluminum workers. What the examiners found was that
30-40% of the tested workers showed signs of asbestos
related diseases, including mesothelioma. Since some
people have not yet experienced symptoms, individuals
worry that one day they will suffer the serious and
deadly diseases associated to asbestos exposure but
do not know when it will strike.
Public
health reports from 1920s to 1960s had a high number
of incidents of workers that were injured and killed
because of asbestos exposure. Doctors had learned from
the many asbestos patients that the asbestos fibers
could scar lungs and membranes if inhaled to result
in deadly cancer such as mesothelioma.
For
years, workers continued to suffer asbestos related
illnesses and many workers never talked about it because
of the economy and some people just did not realize
the risks they were enduring. In addition, due to the
latency period of disease symptoms onset, many asbestos
exposed workers are now just getting diagnosed with
illnesses. As more information was learned, a higher
number of asbestos- mesothelioma lawsuits were filed
over the years. Now, some people are hoping asbestos
screening will better identify mesothelioma sufferers,
as well as other illnesses, in order to combat the problems
of asbestos-exposed workers. Contact
us to confer with an asbestos mesothelioma lawyer.
June 3, 2003
"New drug aimed towards mesothelioma treatment"
There is an experimental cancer drug made by Eli Lilly
and Co. called Alimta that is seeking federal approval
for expanded use. The drug has shown fewer side effects
than rival drugs with the same effectiveness. Lilly
first aimed to target Alimta for mesothelioma patients
caused by asbestos exposure, however the company is
now trying to expand the drug use for all lung cancer
patients after the Lilly sponsored study.
Alimta
will probably still be more targeted towards mesothelioma
asbestos exposed patients and will be lucrative according
to Friedman Billings Ramsey & Co. investment firm
that forecasted sales of $157 million by 2006. If used
for all types of lung cancer, Lehman Bros. Predicts
peak annual sales for Alimta of $1 billion.
Alimta
showed signs of effectively lengthening the lives of
mesothelioma patients in earlier studies. Mesothelioma
is diagnosed in 10,000 people around the world every
year and is a rare and deadly cancer of the lung lining
caused only by asbestos exposure. FDA approval has allowed
Alimta to be used for free on a compassionate use basis
for over 600 mesothelioma patients and is currently
the only approved mesothelioma drug in the U.S. Lilly
is hoping to receive FDA approval in late 2003 or early
2004 for the mesothelioma asbestos drug.
Contact
us to confer with an asbestos mesothelioma lawyer.
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