Losing a loved one to an asbestos-related disease is devastating. But amid the grief, families often face another challenge: ...

Anyone who developed the rare type of cancer called mesothelioma can file a claim. Asbestos appears in so many products that it’s not necessary to prove specific asbestos exposure to qualify.

The link between asbestos exposure and an increased risk of diseases such as mesothelioma cancer, asbestos lung cancer, asbestosis, or other diseases was conclusively established in the 1970s. When ...

On June 12, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit reversed a grant of summary judgment holding a shipyard immune from Louisiana state law tort claims pursuant to the Longshore and ...

Mesothelioma and lung cancer are serious diseases often caused by workplace, secondhand or environmental exposure to asbestos dust and fibers. What needs to happen when you get diagnosed with ...

In June, the Senate Judiciary Committee reached agreement on language describing the medical criteria that would be used to evaluate asbestos injury claims submitted to a proposed national ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Wednesday voted to tighten disclosure requirements from asbestos trusts set up more than 20 years ago to help pay billions of dollars in injury claims. By 221-199, the ...

State lawmakers continue to review a bill Thursday that would modify the legal process for victims of asbestos exposure to receive compensation. The legislation proposes two substantial changes to the ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination has filed for bankruptcy protection after a judge ordered it to pay the government almost $6 million in ...

Missoula, Mont. — A federal jury ruled Wednesday that a health clinic in a Montana town where hundreds of people have died from asbestos exposure submitted 337 false asbestos claims that made patients ...

Louisiana’s junior U.S. Senator John Kennedy has only been in office a few months, but he already has a chance to make his mark. As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he will soon consider a ...