The UK Supreme Court recently dismissed a claim from insurance companies that would halt people with pleural plaques from filing claims for compensation in Scotland. UK insurance companies possess been fighting a two-year battle against a Scottish law that allows for pleural plaque patients to receive compensation for their condition on claims that the condition [...]
National Law Journal List Highlights Twenty National Law Firms With Meaningful Cases
DALLAS (October 6, 2011) – For the seventh time, the national law firm of Baron as well as Budd, P.C. was selected to the prestigious Plaintiffs’ Hot List. Compiled by the National Law Journal, the Plaintiffs’ Hot List profiles law firms who possess done [...]
Beloved Football Star as well as Actor Felled by Rare Asbestos Cancer
LOS ANGELES (October 4, 2011) –Merlin Olsen, known around the world for his 15-year career with the Los Angeles Rams as well as his post-football career as an actor on “Little House on the Prairie,” died in 2010 as a result of mesothelioma, a [...]
John Langdoc Consumer Advocate Attorney Holds Informational Session
LOS ANGELES (September 30, 2011) –John Langdoc, a consumer advocate attorney, held an informational session today in Los Angeles, CA regarding potential hazards to the homeowner relating to popcorn ceilings. Many popcorn ceilings contain tiny amounts of asbestos.
Asbestos in popcorn ceilings isn’t likely to result in a release [...]
CURE Media Group’s Understanding Mesothelioma Available on Amazon.com, Proceeds Benefit the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization
DALLAS (October 3, 2011) –To help educate mesothelioma patients as well as their families about the asbestos cancer, the national law firm of Baron as well as Budd is sponsoring the e-book release of CURE media group’s Understanding Mesothelioma. Previously available [...]
Consumer Alert: Removing Dated Ceiling Treatment May Release Deadly Toxin
DALLAS (September 30, 2011) –John Langdoc, mesothelioma lawyer at the law firm of Baron as well as Budd, is warning homeowners as well as other residents about the potential hazards of asbestos in popcorn ceilings, a class of spray-on treatment that was once popular for its [...]
Baron as well as Budd To Assist Unions.org Members With Mesothelioma, Asbestos Issues
DALLAS (September 26, 2011) –Just in time for Mesothelioma Awareness Day, the national mesothelioma law firm of Baron as well as Budd, P.C. is sponsoring Unions.org, a database of over 15,000 union organizations in the United States for more than 25 years. Baron [...]
Judge Approved $43 Million Settlement for People of Libby, Montana
Just final week a Montana judge approved a $43 million settlement for more than one thousand asbestos victims in the town of Libby, Montana. According to the lawsuit, the state failed to warn Libby residents about the dangers of existing near an asbestos mine.
Interestingly, the case [...]
Even though the dust has literally settled since the tragic events of 9/11, that dust is still making headlines nearly 10 years since the tragedy. The dusts of 9/11 could be with Americans for decades, expanding the impact of the disaster in unexpected ways.
When the towers collapsed, a bulky sheet of dust spewed into the [...]
A study released yesterday in the Lancet health examination journal found what many had feared: a substantial increase in cancer risk among firefighters who worked at the scene of the World Trade Center attack ten years ago. Among the firefighters, there was a 19% increase in cancer during the earliest seven years after 9/11. This [...]
