"Asbestos cases" refers to legal disputes or lawsuits that involve the harmful mineral known as asbestos. These cases typically revolve around individuals who have been exposed to asbestos and developed health conditions such as lung cancer or mesothelioma as a result.
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As a result, he was associated by counsel to assist
in asbestos cases in more than 40 states.
He has also represented businesses that are sued for asbestos exposure, defending thousands
of asbestos cases around the country.
When
handling asbestos cases, our attorneys collaborate with lawyers and experienced nurse paralegals across the firm's 11 offices to design sophisticated legal approaches aimed at settling claims as rapidly as possible.
The measure is designed to end contradictory claims in different court settings that pop up for the
same asbestos cases by placing new filing requirements on attorneys.
The firm paid Silver $ 3.2 million for referrals related to
asbestos cases between 2003 and 2014, according to the complaint.
Serve as national counsel for a major materials building company in tens of thousands of personal
injury asbestos cases and more than 100 property damage cases.
This practice group has developed internal continuing legal education courses to ensure that all of our attorneys understand key concepts in the ever - changing defense
of asbestos cases.
Prosecutors presented evidence that Silver received $ 3 million in referral fees from Weitz & Luxenberg
for asbestos cases referred by a cancer researcher, who received $ 500,000 in research grants in return.
He allegedly took cash from a state slush fund and gave it to a doctor, who
referred asbestos cases to a law firm that illegally split its share of medical settlements with Silver.
Another $ 3.9 million came in attorney referral fees, of which more than $ 3 million were obtained «through a corrupt scheme» in which Mr. Silver obtained referrals of
asbestos cases from a doctor by using his Assembly perch to secretly direct $ 500,000 in state funds to that doctor's research.
A little more than three months ago the defendant in question was a Democrat, Shelly Silver, accused of taking bribes and kickbacks of $ 4 million, some of the money being listed as «referral fees» for
steering asbestos cases and real - estate developers to Silver - connected law firms.
Reuben has extensive experience in dealing
with asbestos cases involving pleural thickening, mesothelioma, asbestosis and asbestos - related lung cancer.
A High Court ruling which determined that a retired electrician, who had been exposed to asbestos whilst working at Exeter University, had the right to compensation will have significant bearing on
other asbestos cases maintain legal experts.
ALBANY — The law firm that made a fortune
off asbestos cases referred by former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has found a new gold mine: it has filed the first...
Arthur Luxenberg, a founding partner of the law firm, also testified on Tuesday, telling the jury that when Mr. Silver joined the firm about 12 years ago, there was no expectation that he would
bring asbestos cases with him.
A USA Today story published Wednesday reports that Biden worked to defeat a bipartisan bill designed to curb asbestos lawsuits at a time his older son Beau's law firm was
filing asbestos cases and a former aide was lobbying against the measure.
Author: The team behind
Asbestos Case Tracker includes blog editor Joseph Welter and court decision editor Jason Botticelli, who both focus on product liability and toxic tort matters.
The attorneys at Conroy Simberg have defended and
tried asbestos cases on behalf of clients located throughout the United States.
Serving as court - appointed coordinating defense counsel in a number of
asbestos cases consolidated in a special asbestos docket in Jefferson County, Alabama.
Eamonn McDonough is highlighted for his «very compassionate» and «tenacious» approach handling
asbestos cases across Wales and south - west England.
Another judge, Joan Madden, consolidated
unrelated asbestos cases, which resulted in huge increases in jury verdicts — from an average of $ 7 million to $ 24 million per plaintiff between 2010 and 2014, data collected by Bates White Economic Consulting show.
The average award for an
NYCAL asbestos case — nearly $ 16 million per plaintiff between 2010 and 2014 — is reportedly two to three times larger than those in other courts nationwide.
In all, records show that Silver was credited with referring more than 100 clients to Weitz & Luxenberg, with the majority being
potential asbestos cases, court papers say.
A lawyer who
defends asbestos cases added that Silver's corruption trial «obviously had an impact» on W&L's business.
The doctor, a cancer researcher, then referred
lucrative asbestos cases to a law firm, Weitz & Luxenberg, which gave Silver a cut of the legal fees.
Christopher M. Placitella and Justin Placitella, A Closer Look
at Asbestos Cases, TRIAL MAGAZINE, Nov. 2011 at 27.
Since bringing the first ever
successful asbestos case to the House of Lords in 1972, Thompsons has helped thousands of trade union members and their families in take legal action following exposure to asbestos and secure hundreds of millions of pounds.
Serve as counsel for more than 100 shipowners in approximately 40,000
maritime asbestos cases filed on behalf of merchant seamen, longshoremen, and other maritime workers.
He participated in hundreds of
asbestos cases representing various trades of construction along with chemical and oil refinery workers, including pipefitters, boilermakers, carpenters, electricians and certainly those involved with...
We were lead counsel in the
seminal asbestos case in the District of Columbia, and we have defended manufacturers of construction materials, boilers, brake linings and insulation, among others manufacturers of asbestos containing products.
Prior to joining MG+M, Mary was a senior litigation associate responsible for the management of a significant number of high - profile state and
federal asbestos cases on behalf of a Fortune 500 company where she handled all law and motions, key depositions, and settlements.
Lead counsel for world's industry leader in cranes and crane support systems in hundreds of product liability and
asbestos cases pending in Missouri and Illinois state courts.
In
Asbestos cases sufferers were not properly informed of the side effects of the Asbestos fibres and is now dealing with the pain of the diseases.
A mesothelioma attorney with the experience to handle South
Carolina asbestos cases can help to ensure that your legal rights are fully protected under the law.
Asbestos case filings in District Court have declined from tens of thousands per year during 2009 - 2011 to merely hundreds per year during 2012 - 2016.
Discussing your case with a mesothelioma lawyer who has the experience to handle an
Iowa asbestos case is the initial step in making sure that your rights are fully protected by the law.
This is positive for premises owner defendants in take -
home asbestos cases in the sense that Justice Aldrich did not create a Court of Appeals split on the issue of the duty owed by premises owners to take - home plaintiffs, but as the Beckering Court noted, the issue will not be resolved with any certainty until the California Supreme Court makes its decision.
Ten bite sized facts on the history of asbestos; from the mineral and the diseases, from the Greeks to the first
multi-party asbestos case.
Since that first
asbestos case more than 40 years ago, our mesothelioma attorneys have gone on to win the largest mesothelioma verdict in the nation, the largest in the state of Texas, and have won more than 100 individual asbestos verdicts in favor of clients harmed by this toxic substance.
He also received $ 5.3 million from Weitz & Luxenberg, including $ 1.4 million salary for a no - show job and $ 3.9 million in referral fees
for asbestos cases that he did not work on, scheming with prominent Manhattan doctor — who sources identified as Robert Taub — to push patients to the firm in exchange for research money, court documents say.
Silver is accused of participating in a scheme in which he used his position as speaker to secretly direct state funds to an unnamed doctor in exchange for obtaining referrals of
asbestos cases from that doctor, the complaint says.
Amanda Jones also has vast experience
handling asbestos cases and often represents women who have developed mesothelioma after coming into contact with asbestos when handling their male relatives» working clothes.
Prosecutors say Silver steered $ 500,000 in state funds to an unnamed doctor for research; the doctor in turn
steered asbestos cases to the firm.
Moore Blatch asbestos - related disease lawyer Michael Osborne, who represented Mr Carder comments: «This decision is important and is likely to influence
other asbestos cases.