Kirk T. Hartley
Webinar on Ethical and Legal Challenges in Lawsuits Involving Young People with Mesothelioma
For first of its kind new data related to the growing number of lawsuits involving young people with mesothelioma, please join next...
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Kirk T. Hartley
- Feb 23, 2020
- 1 min
Expectations for More Genomic Testing in Medical Product Liability Cases
It's always good to see more lawyers focusing on the use of genomics. In that vein, note a new February 20, 2020 blog post with a...
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Kirk Hartley
- Oct 27, 2015
- 1 min
Fukushima, Nukes and AML (a Leukemia) in Less Than 5 years
An October 2o, 2015 story in Carrier Management reports a payment to a nuke worker who developed AML at a young age. Overall, he is...
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Kirk Hartley
- Aug 31, 2015
- 2 min
New Paper: “Digestive and occupational cancers asbestos exposure: impact study in a cohort of
Mesothelioma web sites continue to pick up the pace of and quality of information disseminated regarding asbestos related diseases. A...
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Kirk Hartley
- Aug 17, 2015
- 1 min
ICD-10 Coding for Cancers; Changes Ahead, New Knowledge Will Follow
After various delays, the new, more detailed ICD-10 coding takes effect in October. The ICD-10 coding is more detailed than is current...
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Kirk Hartley
- Apr 21, 2015
- 2 min
Cancers Triggered in Less than 1 Year? Learn More at the Friday May 1 – HarrisMartin’s
Genetics and epigenetic issues continue to knock open doors in toxic tort litigation. An example? A recent federal MDL ruling rejected...
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Kirk Hartley
- Mar 10, 2015
- 1 min
Looking for Causation by Seeking Patterns in Somatic Mutations in Tumors
Researchers continue to seek out “fingerprint” patterns in tumor mutation patterns in order to look back towards causation and source of...
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Kirk Hartley
- Nov 20, 2014
- 1 min
Asbestos Litigation Goes More Molecular – Germline BAP1 Mutation Issues Are Said to Exist in 5
Some say that change is the predominant theme in asbestos litigation. For 2014, some of the change arrives in the form of at least five...
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Kirk Hartley
- Oct 6, 2014
- 3 min
Lung Cancer Claims Take Center Stage for a HarrisMartin Asbestos Litigation Conference
Some see lung cancer claiming as associated only with the Napoli Bern law firm. But that’s not correct. More and more, members of the...
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Kirk Hartley
- Oct 3, 2014
- 1 min
Bladder Cancer Defendant Says Smoking and Other Factors Caused the Tumor – What Will The Jury
The role of smoking in cancers is an increasingly litigated issue for cancers that are not lung cancer. For example, a current trial in a...
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