Asbestos bankruptcies have been problematic for injured workers and their families. The bankruptcies have drastically reduced benefits pai...

A report in the New England Journal of Medicine concludes that more research is urgently needed to detect biomarkers to detect pleur...

The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) announced that June Breit, a pleural mesothelioma victim since 2002, is its 2010 ADAO Al...

Asbestos cases pending in the Multi District Court Litigation ( MDL 875 ) may be remanded to the US District Courts throughout the countr...

A new radiography technique has been announced to diagnose asbestos related disease. Dr. Michael Harbut , co-director of the National Cente...

The present economic downturn has been compared to the Great Depression of the 1930’s or the recession of the 1980’s. The factors that exis...

The focus of litigation against WR Grace has now shifted to the civil courts in a trial against 5 former company officials for damages resu...

What has been described as the longest mass tort in the history of litigation, which had its geniuses in workers' compensation , conti...

The Washington Supreme Court has taken a step back in time and rendered two significant decisions limiting he rights of asbestos victims to...

Asbestos exposure continues to have high rates of death in the US. Potential years of lost life continue to be at epidemic proportions. The ...

CMS has announced it intends to clarify the language in recovery scenarios where occupational exposures occurred prior to the effective date...

The Canadian delegation to the Rotterdam Convention was able to lobby effectively to prohibit a ban on asbestos for another two years. The ...

On the eve the NJ Senate's investigation into New Jersey's workers' compensation system, the question lingers on how to evaluate...