Articles Posted in Mesothelioma Court Rulings & Legislation

For purposes of this article, the deceased mesothelioma victim in this case will be referred to as E.S., and her husband will be referred to as J.S. In a recent decision, the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana rejected Avondale Shipyard’s immunity defense, yet again, in another mesothelioma case. E.S. passed away…

For purposes of this article, the deceased mesothelioma victim in this case will be referred to as T.H., and his surviving wife will be referred to as F.H. In a recent decision, the Supreme Court of Erie County allowed a widow’s mesothelioma lawsuit against Vi-Jon, LLC to continue and refused to dismiss her request for…

For purposes of this article, the deceased mesothelioma victim in this case will be referred to as E.S. In a recent ruling, a Delaware jury rendered a verdict of $9 million in favor of E.S.’s family, an Illinois resident who succumbed to mesothelioma. According to the lawsuit, E.S. suffered asbestos exposure from shotgun shells manufactured…

For purposes of this article, the deceased mesothelioma victim in this case will be referred to as A.B., and her sister will be referred to as L.W. In a recent case, a New York court allowed jury selection to move forward in a case linking Vanderbilt Minerals’ talc mining operations to a mesothelioma diagnosis. The…

For purposes of this article, the mesothelioma victim in this case will be referred to as Mr. J.S., and his wife will be referred to as Mrs. D.S. In a recent ruling, an appellate court rejected Fort Motor Company’s (FMC) attempt to overturn a jury verdict awarding $3.3 million to Mr. J.S., a mesothelioma victim,…

Mesothelioma patients, advocacy groups, and public health experts have raised concerns after a recent judicial ruling that halted the implementation of a long-anticipated ban on chrysotile asbestos. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) request to postpone the enforcement of the March 2024 rule that would have…

For purposes of this article, the deceased mesothelioma victim in this case will be referred to as M.W., and his surviving wife will be referred to as D.W. In a recent ruling, the South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed sanctions imposed on Canadian asbestos manufacturer, Atlas Turner, for refusing to participate in a mesothelioma wrongful death…

In a rapid policy change, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has withdrawn a motion it filed to postpone the enforcement of its 2024 asbestos rule, after facing significant backlash from mesothelioma advocacy groups. The EPA filed the initial motion on June 16, 2025, requesting a six-month delay in the ongoing legal proceedings pertaining to…

For purposes of this article, the mesothelioma victim in this case will be referred to as Mr. M.W.M. In a recent significant legal decision, the Louisiana Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, ruled in favor of the family of a man who succumbed to mesothelioma. This rare and aggressive cancer is primarily caused by exposure to…

For purposes of this article, the mesothelioma victim in this case will be referred to as W.D. In a recent court decision, a New York jury awarded a record-breaking verdict to a former World Trade Center (WTC) worker, Mr. W.D., and his wife, following a devastating malignant mesothelioma diagnosis. The two have been seeking compensation…