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How the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Mesothelioma Patients

On behalf of Ted B Lyon & Associates posted in Mesothelioma on Wednesday, August 5, 2020.

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted society in many predictable and unpredictable ways. Now that the virus has been with us for six months, we’re beginning to see how one group—mesothelioma sufferers—is affected by the toll COVID-19 is taking on the medical system, legal sys...

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Johnson & Johnson Hit with $750 Million Cancer Verdict; Thousands More Cases Pending

On behalf of Ted B Lyon & Associates posted in Mesothelioma on Tuesday, April 21, 2020.
Johnson & Johnson Hit with 0 Million Cancer Verdict; Thousands More Cases Pending

We wrote an article last year discussing what was then a new, bombshell report about how consumer goods giant Johnson & Johnson knew that its famous baby powder was made using talc contaminated with cancer-causing asbestos.  Fast-forward to the first few months of 2020 ...

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Medical Facilities Begin Using Novel Mesothelioma Treatment

On behalf of Ted B Lyon & Associates posted in Mesothelioma on Monday, November 25, 2019.
Medical Facilities Begin Using Novel Mesothelioma Treatment

On November 7, 2019, a major cancer center in Florida began using a recently approved treatment regimen for patients with pleural malignant mesothelioma. The Miami Cancer Institute is just the third institution to gain approval to use a treatment called Tumor Treating Fields (TT...

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Baylor College of Medicine to Conduct Clinical Trial of a New Mesothelioma Treatment

On behalf of Ted B Lyon & Associates posted in Mesothelioma on Wednesday, October 2, 2019.
Baylor College of Medicine to Conduct Clinical Trial of a New Mesothelioma Treatment

About 3,000 people are diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma every year in the U.S., with the majority of them dying within 18 months of diagnosis. The typical treatment for this very aggressive cancer has for decades been a combination of chemotherapy, radiation and surg...

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Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $300 Million in Punitive Damages in Talc Cancer Lawsuit

On behalf of Ted B Lyon & Associates posted in Products Liability on Friday, June 14, 2019.
Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay 0 Million in Punitive Damages in Talc Cancer Lawsuit

On May 31, a New York jury hit consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson with an order to pay $300 million in punitive damages to a woman who developed asbestos-related cancer after using the company’s talc products, including its iconic baby powder. The punitive damage aw...

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Military Attempts to Clean Up After Housing Scandal

On behalf of Ted B Lyon & Associates posted in Military Mesothelioma on Friday, June 7, 2019.
Military Attempts to Clean Up After Housing Scandal

U.S. military branches have sent high-level commanders to visit nearly 300,000 housing units in the aftermath of a devastating Reuters report that detailed serious health and safety hazards at military housing facilities across the country.Earlier this year, we’ve already sum...

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Military Attempts to Clean Up After Housing Scandal

On behalf of Ted B Lyon & Associates posted in Military Mesothelioma on Friday, May 10, 2019.
Military Attempts to Clean Up After Housing Scandal

U.S. military branches have sent high-level commanders to visit nearly 300,000 housing units in the aftermath of a devastating Reuters report that detailed serious health and safety hazards at military housing facilities across the country. Earlier this year, we summarized the r...

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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Navy Veterans in Asbestos Case

On behalf of Ted B Lyon & Associates posted in Mesothelioma, Military Mesothelioma on Friday, March 29, 2019.
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Navy Veterans in Asbestos Case

On March 19, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the widows of two Navy veterans who died of mesothelioma can move forward with a lawsuit against five manufacturers of asbestos-containing equipment, even though the asbestos was added to the equipment by a third party after pu...

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Johnson & Johnson Knew its Baby Powder Contained Asbestos

On behalf of Ted B Lyon & Associates posted in Mesothelioma on Friday, January 11, 2019.
Johnson & Johnson Knew its Baby Powder Contained Asbestos

Bombshell mid-December reports by two of the world’s largest news organizations have revealed extensive evidence that Johnson & Johnson—the maker of iconic consumer products like Band-Aids, Tylenol, and Neutrogena—knew its famous baby powder was sometimes tainted with c...

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Study Confirms Understanding of Most Effective Mesothelioma Treatments

On behalf of Ted B Lyon & Associates posted in Mesothelioma on Wednesday, November 7, 2018.
Study Confirms Understanding of Most Effective Mesothelioma Treatments

The results of a long-term study on the effectiveness of mesothelioma treatment by Belgian scientists should bring comfort and confidence to patients currently receiving care or who are about to begin their journey. The study, published in November 2018 in the scientific journal ...

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