Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $300 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Who Is at Risk for Mesothelioma?

Like any other cancer, mesothelioma can be scary. People who hear about it in the news or on TV, or who see their friends and coworkers struggle with it, worry if it will happen to them. The truth is that the biggest risk factor for mesothelioma is asbestos exposure. People who w...

Did Your Job Expose You to Asbestos? Are You Now Sick?

The Centers for Disease Control reports that around 2,000 new cases of mesothelioma are diagnosed in the U.S. every year. This specific form of cancer is directly related to a person's exposure to asbestos fibers. Could you or a loved one be at-risk for asbestos exposure or suff...

Mesothelioma: Not Just a Big Word on Law Commercials

If you are reading this, you might be going through one of the most stressful and confusing times in your life. Few people read about mesothelioma for simple fun. Those who want to know more are those whose lives are impacted by the illness and whose financial security is threate...

Shocking Facts About Asbestos Use in the US

While more than 50 countries around the world have banned the use of asbestos, you may be shocked to learn that the U.S. has not. In fact, as of 2018, the U.S. continues to import and use asbestos in a variety of products. Despite definitive proof that asbestos exposure causes me...