Asbestos &amp; Mesothelioma News

Sticky

PITTSBURGH CORNING BANKRUPTCY

You may have read in the paper or seen on the news that a federal bankruptcy judge in Pittsburgh has finally approved a bankruptcy plan for Pittsburgh Corning. We hope that this means that a Trust to pay asbestos victims will be established in the near future. However, this is the 3rd plan approved by this judge- the others were appealed by one or more defendants in asbestos litigation. The result of these appeals is that 13 years after declaring bankruptcy, victims who were diagnosed with cancer after using Pittsburgh Corning’s products STILL haven’t been compensated. That situation is even more...

29 May

Sticky

LUNG CANCER, SMOKING AND ASBESTOS

As a reminder, if you or someone you know has been diagnosed with lung cancer please contact us since we can most likely help. If the lung cancer victim worked in an industrial environment, even if he or she smoked, we can most likely file a claim. This is because smoking together with asbestos exposure is a deadly combination- people who smoked and who were exposed to asbestos are about 75 times more likely to get lung cancer than those who didn’t smoke and who weren’t exposed to asbestos. Even if the doctor tells you that the lung cancer was...

29 May

Sticky

TIME LIMITS ON FILING A LAWSUIT

At least once a week we are contacted by someone whose loved one was diagnosed with lung cancer or mesothelioma more than 2 years ago and they want to know if we can help them. Unfortunately the answer is “no”. All states have time limits for filing lawsuits. In most states you only have 2 years from the date that you were diagnosed with a disease to file a lawsuit against the parties that caused the disease. For example, if you are diagnosed with lung cancer on May 3, 2013, your last day to file a lawsuit will be May...

29 May

Sticky

Lung cancer and asbestos