Mesothelioma Lawyer

A Kentucky man who was recently diagnosed with mesothelioma has filed a lawsuit against 72 companies, claiming they are responsible for exposing him to asbestos, which caused his life-threatening disease.
Jerry L. Rice Sr. of Saylersville, Ky., filed the suit Dec. 11 in Kanawha Circuit Court. Rice, 63, was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma on May 21, […]

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The widow of a West Virginia man who died from mesothelioma has filed an asbestos lawsuit against 56 companies, claiming each had a role in her husband’s death.
Barbara Brewster filed a suit Dec. 7 in Kanawha Circuit Court on behalf of the estate of her husband, Jack Donsell Brewster Sr. The suit specifically mentions Guyan […]

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Results of a study on mesothelioma in taconite miners obtained in March 2006 by the Department of Health revealed that 35 Iron Range miners died of the asbestos-related cancer between 1997 and 2005, twice as many as in the previous nine years. Mandernach suppressed the results of that study for more than a year, as […]

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Firefighters in Everett, Washington have reportedly been exposed to asbestos during routine training excercises.
According to the state’s Department of Labor and Industries, the firefighters were exposed to asbestos and other toxic materials when the cut holes through the walls and the ceilings of old buildings during routine training exercises. Because the buildings were older, the […]

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The Houston Chronicle recently reported that 58 taconite miners who got a rare lung cancer worked in mines across Minnesota’s Iron Range. According to the report, at least one worker worked in the mines as little as a month but others worked in the mines for decades.
The taconite industry mines low-grade iron ore from several […]

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