The Top Job Killer in Canada Is Asbestos Exposure
The top job killer in Canada is asbestos exposure. This comes from the Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Canada. Asbestos was the cause of death for 367 people in 2015. Since 1996, there have been 5,614 recorded work-related deaths from asbestos in Canada. This does not include people diagnosed with mesothelioma that didn’t work in industry, such as […]
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lists Asbestos as One of the 10 High-Risk Chemicals
On December 1, 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) listed asbestos as one of the 10 high-risk chemicals evaluated and regulated under the Lautenberg Act. What this means is that the EPA must release a scoping document within six months which includes the hazards, exposures, conditions of use and vulnerable populations the agency plans to consider […]
Mesothelioma Settlement for Wife of Union Electrician
Attorney Nicholas Vogelzang settled yet another mesothelioma case for an undisclosed high dollar amount on November 8, 2016, at the Daley Center in Cook County. His client was the wife of a union electrician out of IBEW Local 134 in Chicago. She had laundered his clothing throughout his working career. Most notably she shook out his clothes and […]
Fines at U.S. Steel Plant Highlight Outsized Asbestos Threat in Allegheny County
WASHINGTON – Federal regulators have levied fines totaling $170,000 against the U.S. Steel Corporation for exposing workers to asbestos at the company’s Coke Works facility in Clairton, Pa., according the following statement the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued Monday: During the first week of February 2016, at the company’s coke production facility in Pittsburgh, five […]
University of Chicago Mesothelioma Drug Trials Give New Hope for Mesothelioma Victims
A clinical study of malignant pleural mesothelioma patients treated with investigational cancer vaccine CRS-207 at University of Chicago Medical Center, UCSF’s cancer center, the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, the Abramson Cancer Center in Philadelphia and the National Cancer Institutein Bethesda, Maryland has shown promising results in shrinking tumors. CRS-207 caused tumor shrinkage in 85% of […]
Jurisdiction Ruling in Illinois is Bad News for Ford Motor Company
Illinois courts have general jurisdiction over Ford Motor Company, according to Judge Stobbs of the Third Judicial Circuit. Irene Jeffs, the surviving spouse of Dale Jeffs, filed suit in Madison County against Ford and numerous co-defendants whose conduct may have exposed Dale to asbestos and contributed to his mesothelioma. The Plaintiffs’ complaint alleges Dale was […]