Colgate-Palmolive recently was found to be mostly responsible for the mesothelioma cancer of a Santa Barbara CA woman who once worked in a cosmetics manufacturing plant. The company was ordered to pay out a total of $13 million, including $1.4 million to her husband for medical bills, pain and suffering, and economic losses. The woman…
The Minnesota Department of Health announced earlier this month that 21 new cases of mesothelioma have been discovered in a group of 69,000 mine workers. Eighty cases of mesothelioma had been found in the group before, and now the total of affected workers in the group is 101. All of the miners worked in the…
A tragic case out of New York recently ended in an $11 million verdict against Ford Motor Company after a former mechanic developed mesothelioma from inhaling asbestos particles over decades of working on cars and trucks. Though the massive verdict was an important victory for those injured by asbestos, it was hollow for the man’s…
A recent newspaper article in England discussed the death of a man who had only been exposed to asbestos for a short time nearly 46 years ago. Experts say the frightening case highlights just how dangerous asbestos, even in small doses, can be. The newspaper report revealed that Roger Beale first began experiencing mesothelioma symptoms,…
Every once in a while I see commercials on TV that talk about getting mesothelioma cancer from asbestos, is that even still a problem? It is still a problem. Asbestos is a tiny invisible killer and even though the Occupational Safety and Health Administration limited asbestos use in construction materials in the 1970s, railroads continued…