Mesothelioma Lawyer

DuPont and several asbestos manufacturers, including Union Carbide, Anchor Packing Company, Guard-Line, Ingersoll-Rand and Owens-Illinois, have been sued by Frances Barras, her husband and 5 children.  The family lives in Nederland, Texas.
Barras ‘s claim is that she has developed mesothelioma from washing and handling her husband’s asbestos-contaminated work clothes for many years.  The other companies […]

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A woman diagnosed with mesothelioma, an incurable cancer caused by asbestos exposure, has filed suit against her husband’s former employer DuPont, and asbestos manufacturers Union Carbide, Ingersoll-Rand, Guard-Line, and others.
Frances Barras, of Nederland, TX, claims in her suit that she developed mesothelioma as a result of years of washing her husband’s contaminated work clothes. She […]

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A report recently published in the Cancer Cell periodical details how scientists were able to model the progression of human malignant mesothelioma by using laboratory mice. They discovered that mutations in certain genetic pathways in the lining of the thoracic cavity caused a majority of mice to develop malignant mesothelioma. By tracking the cancer using […]

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The family of Leonard Shafer was awarded $2.25 million by a New York City jury . He was first exposed to asbestos in his work place as a civilian employee at the New York naval shipyard and the Brooklyn naval yard during his career in the 1950s.
Mr. Shafer developed pleural mesothelioma from which he suffered […]

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