What Are Asbestos Compensation Funds?
Mesothelioma trust funds and asbestos bankruptcy trusts are funds set up by corporations responsible for exposing their customers and others to asbestos. The funds ensure that victims of asbestos-related illnesses receive compensation, even if the companies have filed for bankruptcy or gone out of business. In order to fully understand how the funds work, it’s […]
Read MoreTypes of Mesothelioma Lawsuit Payouts
Mesothelioma Lawsuit Payouts: Settlements Plaintiffs sickened by exposure to asbestos sometimes choose to accept settlements rather than taking their cases to trial. While settlement amounts tend to be lower than jury verdicts, when you settle your case, you will usually receive payment from the defendant soon after. Trials may take months or years and defendants […]
Read More2015 Broussard Scholarship Recipients Announced
Lake Charles, Louisiana, 1929. Future California Supreme Court Associate Justice Allen E. Broussard is born. The Depression hits and seeking better opportunities, the family moves to the Bay Area. Justice Broussard sells shoes and works in a canning plant to pay his way through San Francisco City College, UC Berkeley and Boalt School of Law. […]
Read MoreAsbestos Warning Hoped For at UN Convention
A global asbestos warning at long last is the hoped for outcome of the United Nations Rotterdam Convention currently underway in Geneva, Switzerland. It is an ongoing struggle because of the powerful international asbestos industry interests that profit by keeping things just as they are. But anti-asbestos advocates and Convention delegates who are concerned about […]
Read MoreWorkplace Safety Report Highlights Hazardous Conditions
Workplace safety is something we take for granted. We just assume that when we go to work the elevators in the building will run properly, that the electrical outlets are grounded and safe and that the air we breathe is clean and healthy. But for many people, even here in socially conscious California, the workplace […]
Read MoreAB 597 Retreat Is Victory For Asbestos Victims
AB 597, a California State Assembly bill that threatened the rights of asbestos victims, has vanished for now, I am proud to report. Thanks to a concerted effort by the Consumer Attorneys of California, labor unions and other concerned groups, AB 597 was mothballed by the leading Assemblyman, its sponsor. With major corporate interests like […]
Read MoreMesothelioma Clinical Trial Reports Good News
Mesothelioma clinical trial results were announced recently by the major American pharmaceutical company Merck and the news is good. Merck tested its new cancer-fighting drug Keytruda in 25 patients with advanced pleural mesothelioma, a fatal cancer that is caused by exposure to asbestos. Mesothelioma typically affects the cells that line the lungs but can also […]
Read MoreVeterans Mesothelioma Rights Hurt By New State Bill
Veterans mesothelioma rights will be drastically hurt by a proposed new state bill. The legislation now pending in the California State Legislature disproportionately impacts veterans, who comprise 30% of all mesothelioma patients, and their families. This mean-spirited piece of asbestos legislation, motivated by sheer corporate greed, takes away the rights of all of the thousands […]
Read MoreAsbestos Legislation AB 597 Will Trample Victims’ Rights
Asbestos legislation now proposed in the California threatens to crush the rights of all mesothelioma patients as well as the rights of other victims of asbestos exposure and their families. This is a very urgent matter: the first vote on Assembly Bill 597 (AB 597) is set for April 28 in the California Assembly Judiciary […]
Read MoreVietnam Veterans and the Risk of Asbestos Exposure
Vietnam veterans face a major health risk as a result of exposure to asbestos exposure. Asbestos exposure is the sole cause of mesothelioma, a fatal cancer affecting the cells lining vital organs. Because mesothelioma takes decades to emerge, many veterans of the Vietnam War who were exposed to asbestos during their service may only now […]
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