• posted: Mar. 26, 2021
• Nass Cancelliere Nass
• Mesothelioma,  Asbestos
• mesothelioma,  asbestos exposure,  asbestos victims,  asbestos attorney

If you've been exposed to asbestos and been diagnosed with mesothelioma, you may be wondering if you can recover compensation via a lawsuit or legal claim. The answer is usually Read More

• posted: Mar. 18, 2021
• Nass Cancelliere Nass
• Asbestos
• talc verdicts

According to Reuters news service, drugmaker Johnson & Johnson set aside $3.9 billion in litigation expenses in 2020, which it said was “primarily associated with talc-related reserves and certain settlements”. The Read More

• posted: Mar. 11, 2021
• Nass Cancelliere Nass
• Asbestos
• mesothelioma,  asbestos victims

According to the mesothelioma victim, a supplier of boiler insulation negligently exposed him to asbestos in his workplace at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and has robbed him of an Read More

• posted: Feb. 25, 2021
• Nass Cancelliere Nass
• Asbestos
• asbestos,  mesothelioma,  mesothelioma victims

Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer only caused by exposure to asbestos. There are approximately 3,200 new cases of mesothelioma diagnosed each year in the United States. Mesothelioma victims can Read More

• posted: Feb. 19, 2021
• Nass Cancelliere Nass
• Asbestos
• Maine Central Railroad

Victor Coffin, a bridge operator for the Maine Central Railroad (MCRR) has filed suit against his employer, alleging he was diagnosed with mesothelioma as a result of his exposures to Read More

• posted: Feb. 05, 2021
• Nass Cancelliere Nass
• Asbestos,  Lung Cancer
• cardiorespiratory fitness,  lung disease,  mesothelimoa

A new study has investigated the associations among cardiorespiratory fitness, physical activity walking speed, or leisure activity, and lung cancer mortality and all-cause mortality. The study was conducted by Junga Read More

• posted: Jan. 28, 2021
• Nass Cancelliere Nass
• Asbestos

As a fire resistant material, asbestos, was a natural protective element for boilers. Also known as Fire Rooms, boilers using asbestos were a part of many military vessels as a Read More

• posted: Jan. 22, 2021
• Nass Cancelliere Nass
• Asbestos
• clinical trials

Because mesothelioma is rare, it's been hard to study it well, says the American Cancer Society (ACS). Most experts agree that treatment in a clinical trial should be considered for Read More

• posted: Jan. 14, 2021
• Nass Cancelliere Nass
• Asbestos
• asbestos,  EPA,  asbestos attorney

In late December 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released the first part of a Final Risk Evaluation for Asbestos. Six ongoing use categories of asbestos were evaluated by the Read More

• posted: Jan. 08, 2021
• Nass Cancelliere Nass
• Asbestos
• European Journal of Cancer,  Keytruda,  Opdivo,  statins

A study conducted at Universita Politecnica delle Marche in Ancona, Italy reported that treatment with drugs such as Opdivo and Keytruda –– considered a major breakthrough in recent years –– Read More

• posted: Dec. 16, 2020
• Nass Cancelliere Nass
• Mesothelioma,  Asbestos
• CancerCare

Finances can become the deciding factor in which treatment a patient with cancer chooses to receive, where they receive it and if they can keep on that treatment regimen for Read More

• posted: Dec. 11, 2020
• Nass Cancelliere Nass
• Asbestos
• nanotubes

Gold nanotubes -- tiny hollow cylinders one thousandth the width of a human hair -- could be used to treat mesothelioma, a type of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, Read More

• posted: Dec. 07, 2020
• Nass Cancelliere Nass
• Asbestos
• asbestos law firm

Evidence that a company protected its own workers from asbestos while undertaking no steps to investigate or prevent consumer exposures shows malice sufficient for punitive damages, and a trial court Read More

• posted: Nov. 20, 2020
• Nass Cancelliere Nass
• Mesothelioma,  Asbestos
• FDA approvals,  malignant pleural mesothelioma

Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Opdivo (nivolumab) in combination with Yervoy (ipilimumab) for the first-line treatment of adults with malignant pleural mesothelioma that cannot be removed Read More

• posted: Nov. 12, 2020
• Nass Cancelliere Nass
• Asbestos
• longshoremen

A $10.3 million verdict was secured against two stevedoring companies and a shipping company on behalf of Henry Pete, who was exposed to raw asbestos he unloaded from the Port Read More

• posted: Nov. 06, 2020
• Nass Cancelliere Nass
• Asbestos

While the dangerous presence of asbestos and asbestos exposure has long been associated with shipbuilders, sailors, construction workers, auto mechanics and other heavy industrial areas, there are other less-visible occupational Read More