Earlier this month two subsidiaries of the chemical giant RPM International Inc., Bondex International and Specialty Products Holding Corporation, filed for bankruptcy in a maneuver intended to abate huge losses due to asbestos related lawsuits.
The bankruptcies followed the last of a seemingly non-stop trickle of multi-million dollar payouts to the victims of asbestos exposure and [...]

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Two separate lawsuits have been filed in West Virginia’s Kanawha Circuit court by two married couples. The lawsuits were filed against a number of different companies for allegedly employing less than sufficient safety practices when handling asbestos products. Robert L. Wood of Wheeling, West Virginia, and John D. Kontra Sr. of Glendale, Arizona, the two [...]

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It was in the 1960s that the connection between mesothelioma and asbestos was established. Asbestos is a naturally occurring product that has been put to use widely in ship building industries and cement manufacturing units. Millions of people all over the world are involved in its extraction, processing and industrial activities. Though its use increased steadily in the 1940s, no one suspected any side effects and no precautions were taken to protect the employees from inhaling or ingesting the fibers floating in the air.

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The number or people is in the thousands. Each year and in the US alone, people die because of asbestos induced illnesses or develop a severe medical condition.

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Litigations are tricky affairs. More so are mesothelioma litigations. Some very cardinal reasons very often result in mesothelioma lawsuits losing out. Let us examine why and how such lawsuits fail and what should be done to counter them.

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Mesothelioma cancer can be considered a man-made disaster for many reasons. The disease occurs as a direct result of continuous contact with asbestos which is a natural silicate compound. After mining, the raw asbestos is treated into desired shapes. It has been used for many purposes like cement manufacture, ship building, construction activities etc. Asbestos has many qualities which include resistance to heat, insulation capacity etc. But the minute fibers of the mineral can cause deadly mesothelioma and this was not known for many years. By the time it was discovered many had been exposed to the deadly disease. In many of these cases, mesothelioma prognosis is totally hopeless.

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Information or the lack of it decides the outcome of every endeavor. Mesothelioma treatment is also such an avenue where life and death is decided on the availability of proper mesothelioma information. It is observed that many people who had been exposed to asbestos at workplaces decades ago still have no inkling that the silent killer may be creeping on them, unseen, unheard and unheralded. Let us examine the basic information on the disease one by one.

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