Continually evolving "facts" are one of the unique parts of some mass tort litigation. Thus, plane crashes, boat wrecks, and sky bridge...

Set out below are the 2012 MARF Grants for molecular biology research on mesothelioma. Defense lawyers should note both the topics and...

Increasing numbers of plaintiff’s law firms are sponsoring molecular biology research through MARF. Sponsors for its March 2013 meeting...

Funded mainly by asbestos victims and asbestos plaintiff’s lawyers, The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation continues to fund...

Asbestos litigation never fails to provide unique fact patterns. And it seems that old mass screenings never die. Those topics both...

The examples of lung cancer marketing continue to proliferate. This new one focuses on shipyards. #Asbestos

In Australia, some legislators seek to create an agency focused only on asbestos. The story is in a March 21, 2013 online issue of the...

The plaintiff’s bar – and others – continue to pour on the Internet press releases and blog posts seeking to generate asbestos-litigation...

Cholangiocarcinoma is more commonly known as bile duct cancer. Due to recent medical findings on relative risks and claimed exposures,...

The Sokolove asbestos media never ends – a new one tied to car shows is pasted below and online. ________________________________________...

Are you trying to put the US Navy sheet on a verdict sheet for allocation of fault in an asbestos case involving a person who served...

As pointed out in this prior post, lung cancer claims exceeded mesothelioma claims in Madison County in 2012. Part of why this is...

Asbestos awareness grows, and unions are ever more vocal. That said, the conversation is not always logical or accurate. Consider this...

Asbestos litigation, cancer and IARC are not without politics. In a February 2, 2013 Lancet article online, the author describes various...

In asbestos litigation, the "chrysotile defense" is a loose term covering a wide range of arguments that generally relate to chrysotile...

Drivers continue to accrue for more global asbestos claiming. For example, a recent paper reports on the relative lack of successful...

Madison County, Illinois continues to thrive as the largest annual asbestos litigation venue for new cancer cases. During 2012, Madison...

The tort litigation industry blossomed in part because litigation is similar to software in the sense that both involve repeated use of...

After starting out in big law, Terry Johnson changed his practice to become a Chicago-area plaintiff’s lawyer focused on asbestos cases....

Asbestos screenings continue in the US. An Ohio news station reported Cleveland area screenings by a UAW local apparently tied to a GM...