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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
On May 23, 2008, a jury awarded $9.7 million to a Georgia man who said he developed chest cancer decades after he was exposed to asbestos while serving as a Navy machinist's mate aboard the USS Preble in Long Beach. Chief Y.R. Brewer, 66, of Lyons, Georgia, was diagnosed in ...
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Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
As a teenager working on his stepfather's farm in Punta Gorda, Stephen E. Guilder learned to repair tractors and other farm equipment. Guilder, parlayed his deft handiwork on the farm into a career as a head and neck surgeon, but it's now expected to cost him his life.
Guilder, 50, was ...
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Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
On March 28, 2008, a California appeals court upheld an award of in excess of $11 million to a former Bay Area couple for an incurable lung disease the husband suffered after being exposed to asbestos within Navy shipyards during the 1940s and 1950s.
Joseph and Mary Garza filed the suit ...
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Friday, December 19th, 2008
A McLean County jury returned a $2.6 million verdict Wednesday in favor of the family of a Bloomington man who died of an asbestos-related illness.
John Watkins died Sept. 23, 2005, from mesothelioma. His widow, Ruth Watkins, and son, Scott Watkins, were represented by James Wylder and Lisa Corwin of Wylder ...
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
A former Navy sailor who was exposed to asbestos more than 50 years ago has been awarded $35.1 million in compensatory damages after he was diagnosed with cancer.
John R. "Jack" Davis was diagnosed in January with pleural mesothelioma, an aggressive cancer linked to asbestos, in January 2007.
In his lawsuit, Davis ...
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
Almost one in every six workers dismantling old boats at India's Alang shipyard suffers from asbestos poisoning, experts said in a report.
The experts, appointed by India's Supreme Court to look into conditions at Alang, also found a fatal accident rate six times that of the country's notoriously unsafe mining industry.
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
San Diego County has had the eighth-highest number of asbestos-related deaths in the country, according to a new report by an environmental group.
The report, which ranks Los Angeles County as No. 1 in asbestos-linked deaths nationally, comes at a time when President Bush is trying to rein in lawsuits that ...
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
A noted Hawaii cancer researcher and his team say they believe they are unraveling the mystery of why some workers heavily exposed to asbestos develop cancer, while most do not.
It's not just a case of good vs. bad luck, but a combination of the mineral fibers and viruses that's responsible, ...
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Sunday, July 6th, 2008
Two parts of the north of England with shipbuilding traditions have recorded some of the highest deaths from asbestos-related cancer.
Barrow, in west Cumbria, and the area of North Tyneside and South Tyneside, in north-east England, are among the worst regions in the UK for deaths from mesothelioma.
Mesothelioma is an aggressive ...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
At least five household products found on store shelves in America contain asbestos, according to a report released Wednesday by a national asbestos victims' association.
The study, sponsored by the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, found asbestos in household appliances, hardware, home and garden items and children's toys, including the Planet Toys ...
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