Asbestos &amp; Mesothelioma News

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Case Review: Recent Client Results

Mesothelioma and asbestos compensation amounts vary greatly, based on factors like age at diagnosis, the extent of injury, and the laws in various states. Our asbestos lawyers would be happy to discuss your case with you in more detail so as to provide an idea of what similiar cases to yours have recovered. Our extensive knowledge and experience over the years in asbestos litigation, as well as the skill of our lawyers has allowed us to achieve these recent results for some of our clients: $2.6 million to a living mesothelioma victim who worked at Weirton Steel. $2.2 million to the...

29 May

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Abrams v. Pneumo Abex Corp., et al.

Pennsylvanians who filed claims for nonmalignant asbestos disease prior to 1992 and are now suffering from an asbestos-related cancer have the right to file new claims based on their new diagnosis. Before 1992, Pennsylvania law required any person injured by asbestos exposure to file one single lawsuit to seek to recover any and all damages related to his asbestos injury, including damages for fear of developing cancer in the future. If the worker did, in fact, develop asbestos-related cancer at a later time, he was not permitted to file a second new action to recover damages for that new injury. This changed...

29 May

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Going the Extra Mile

For over 30 years as pioneers in the field, Goldberg, Persky & White has represented asbestos victims. Over the years, our lawyers have handled 1000s of asbestos cases throughout the country. Today, we represent asbestos victims in lawsuits filed in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Maine, Indiana, Maryland, and more recently in Nevada. In 2009 alone, our attorneys have travelled the country from California to Texas to Florida to Maine to gather evidence and assist our clients. Jason Luckasevic, a Shareholder with our firm, explains that “many clients and their families must relocate because they have no choice but to travel...

29 May

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Asbestos Causes Lung Cancer Even in Smokers