This news alert is focused on a massive jury verdict for a woman who was stricken with ovarian cancer after using talc powder products for years.
Rick Shapiro spoke before an audience of fellow attorneys discussing the similarities and differences between Virginia and North Carolina injury laws.
Coastal Virginia Magazine rated practicing attorneys in the Tidewater region and Ed Booth received a top rating.
In November 2008, a southern Florida jury returned a $3.6 million verdict in favor of a 57-year-old woman diagnosed with mesothelioma asbestos lung cancer, after she worked briefly at two automobile dealerships, one being Ford Motor Company.
The Virginia Department of Labor and Industry recently reported the number of workplace fatalities/deaths in Virginia decreased by 15% in 2007 from 165 to 141, the lowest number since 1995. The nationwide number of workplace fatalities decreased by 6% to 5,488 in 2007, according to a preliminary estimate released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in August. The occupation with the largest share of workplace fatalities was tractor-trailer and truck driving which accounted for 21 fatalities.