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I have friends in the factory, got mesothelioma, how do we maintain the right of my friends. How to play mesothelioma lawsuits

Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a lethal particularly strong for cancer, the incidence is rising in the world. Due to its in vivo anatomical position, the tumor growth can be extruded and located in the center of the chest lung anatomical structure shift, including the heart and large airway. Notably tumor growth expansion can press the diaphragm, thereby allowing the respiratory dynamics is restricted.

Malignant pleural mesothelioma is the main etiological factors for Asbestos Exposure, many years ago when has yet to recognize the asbestos dangers, many engaged in transport, mining and insulation industry people work through exposure to asbestos fibers and asbestos, but not only the direct contact of men and women, reported by touching the overalls indirect exposure to relatives asbestos families also occurred in malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Typical time need 20 to 40 years before presentation, malignant pleural mesothelioma with a long latency.

The global incidence of approximately 10000 per year to 15000 patients. The disease incidence in the United States may have reached the peak, the main reason is that the United States in the early 70′s on the asbestos ban, but in Europe, to reduce exposure to asbestos efforts should lag behind 10 years, start all cleaning and destruction of asbestos goods work is too late, therefore, incidence rate in 2010 in Europe reached a peak.

Almost all patients in the initial diagnosis of pleural mesothelioma has some cancer symptoms – usually serious shortage of breath, pain, weight loss and fatigue. Most of the patients symptoms occur in general more suddenly, and gradually deteriorated until the patient be completely bedridden and loss of the ability of activities of daily living. Need to emphasize mesothelioma symptoms are most severe pain, many nerve endings in the pleura, due to tumor growth, to be hardly worthy of belief degree of pain, pain can be intense to make patients wake up from sleep. In addition, because the tumor is located in the lung tumor extrusion or compression of the pulmonary, limiting diaphragmatic movement – the patients cannot breathe correctly.

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Renting a home from a landlord for a year. Landlord is paid. The house is a fire hazard, pipes are leaking, and I would guaratnee that the air is filled with mold and/or asbestos. The landlord refuses to do anything, saying that the contract assures him of no responsibility.

I can’t afford a lawyer, nor would a lawyer and lawsuit get me far in this somewhat short period of time. What can I do. Can I call the department of health? Will they inspect and/or be forceful with this landlord?

Thanks.

You may get the health department to red tag for mold, letting you move out.

The same goes for the fire hazard, the fire marshal can condemn the place, so you can move.

There is no way asbestos is floating around.

You will not be able to force a remodeling, but you can force the lease to be voided.

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I hope you like this item, it was recently sent to me by a friend.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1930′s 1940′s, 50′s, 60′s and early 70′s !

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products, loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can, and didn’t get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer.

Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.

As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.

We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.

Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonald’s , KFC, Subway or Nan dos.

Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn’t open on the weekends, somehow we didn’t starve to death!

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.

We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and buy Toffees, Gobstoppers, Bubble Gum and some bangers to blow up frogs with.

We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks with sugar in it, but we weren’t overweight because……

WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.

No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of old prams and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. We built tree houses and dens and played in river beds with matchbox cars.

We did not have Play stations, Nintendo Wii , X-boxes, no video games at all, no 999 channels on SKY ,
No video/DVD films,
No mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms……….WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no
Lawsuits from these accidents.

Only girls had pierced ears!

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.

You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns at Easter time…

We were given air guns and catapults for our 10th birthdays,

We rode bikes or walked to a friend’s house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!

Mum didn’t have to go to work to help dad make ends meet!

RUGBY and CRICKET had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn’t had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! Getting into the team was based on MERIT

Our teachers used to hit us with canes and gym shoes and bully’s always ruled the playground at school.

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law!

Our parents didn’t invent stupid names for their kids like ‘Kiora’ and ‘Blade’ and ‘Ridge’ and ‘Vanilla’

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO
DEAL WITH IT ALL !

And YOU are one of them!
CONGRATULATIONS!

You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good.

And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.

True, but they didn’t teach you grammar and spelling!

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With all the info coming in about the cancer causing properties of cell phones and radiation causing devices what is the legal aspects?

Very unlikely, the idea that cell phones may cause cancer has been studied for a while and I believe within the next few years we will be able to say definitively that they don’t. Large studies over longer periods of time can’t show any substantial connection and personally I would just need to see a study 5 years from now confirm it.

4G phones will work on the same wavelength as household microwaves, which is probably safe. The fact remains that we stay on phones longer and longer at these higher microwave level frequencies so studies currently underway won’t be convincing for a few years.

Asbestos is a fiber that actually embedded itself in the lung and caused a complicated and low reaction. In the case of cell phones we know a lot more about the possible factors. It is true that cell phones cause neurons to use more energy than normal, but why isn’t yet known.

http://crazedpress.blogspot.com/2011/03/health-risks-from-cell-phones-where-are.html

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Been working at a place full of rats, roaches, & asbestos. The employees are a bunch of arrogant bullies who think that they are the best in the industry. When in fact they suck. They are in denial about their bullying behavior. This behavior is engranded in their culture. The main bully influences others to behave in mean and belittling manner and in some instances violate my personal privacy in a public setting. I suspect he was abused/molested/raped as a child or something. That does not give anyone the right to mistreat others in a PROFESSIONAL work environment. The company is run through fear, an OLD ideology that does not work anymore because employees can file lawsuits. Many of the employees really are in dead end jobs so I am not sure if that is the reason they participate (hate their life, situation) or they are just afraid of being a target themselves. I am hoping that the whole company is not this f*cked up but based on what I have seen chances are slim.

Two things:

1. If the environment is not right for you, then seek other employment and/or address the situation with someone in the company who is not in your situation – HR is generally a good starting point.

2. If you are in the US, go to www.eeoc.gov and click on harassment. If what you read there applies to your situation, then I’d suggest going to HR with the facts of your situation and having a professional conversation around how to solve it. If you don’t get resolve there, you can file a complaint with the EEOC and take the legal route – while at the same time looking for another job.

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A few months ago, there was flood in our house due to some pipes not being connected properly. All of it was covered by insurance, and it seemed to be an easy fix. Then they found asbestos in our floors and walls, so they had to tear all of that up. Part of this included taking out all of our cabinets in our kitchen which had just been redesigned. A company came in to pack and store all of our loose belongings, and that was done with.

Next came in the asbestos people, who were in charge of taking out our cabinets. We asked that they be put in to storage, but they insisted they be left outside and wrapped up. They assured us they were wrapped up tight, and that the upcoming rain was nothing to worry about.

After everything was finally fixed and we were ready to put our cabinets back in we opened them, and they were ruined with mold and such. This obviously, was unnacceptable, and we asked the company reimbursed us. They refused and blamed everyone that they could, but no one would let them get away with it, including the moving company, and our insurance.

We called them and told them that we would just take the money out of their paycheck and they would have what was left, and they threatened to put a lean on our house.

Now, a couple of weeks later, we filed at small claims court. When the company found out, they sent us an email threatening to sue us for holding their paycheck. Can they do this? I’m certain they’re just tryingto intimidate us. They said that unless we dropped the case they would sue us. How can they threaten us and get away with it, or is their lawsuit completely going to be taken down if we win ours? The company drove up to our house from about 9 hours away, and part of their threat is that they will make us come down to their court so we will have to pay for the transportation costs and the such. But if our court date is first, so I’m just wondering if it’s likely we will be forced to go there to another court date?

I would say they are totally liable for the costs.

If they are a reputable company they should have their own insurance to cover something like this.
I think they are trying to intimidate you.
You should be able to withold the money, otherwise you will probably never get it back.

If they are threatening you in anyway even by email. Then report this to the Police. Who will file a report and this can be used in court and will go against them.

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A few months ago, there was flood in our house due to some pipes not being connected properly. All of it was covered by insurance, and it seemed to be an easy fix. Then they found asbestos in our floors and walls, so they had to tear all of that up. Part of this included taking out all of our cabinets in our kitchen which had just been redesigned. A company came in to pack and store all of our loose belongings, and that was done with.

Next came in the asbestos people, who were in charge of taking out our cabinets. We asked that they be put in to storage, but they insisted they be left outside and wrapped up. They assured us they were wrapped up tight, and that the upcoming rain was nothing to worry about.

After everything was finally fixed and we were ready to put our cabinets back in we opened them, and they were ruined with mold and such. This obviously, was unnacceptable, and we asked the company reimbursed us. They refused and blamed everyone that they could, but no one would let them get away with it, including the moving company, and our insurance.

We called them and told them that we would just take the money out of their paycheck and they would have what was left, and they threatened to put a lean on our house.

Now, a couple of weeks later, we filed at small claims court. When the company found out, they sent us an email threatening to sue us for holding their paycheck. Can they do this? I’m certain they’re just tryingto intimidate us. They said that unless we dropped the case they would sue us. How can they threaten us and get away with it, or is their lawsuit completely going to be taken down if we win ours? The company drove up to our house from about 9 hours away, and part of their threat is that they will make us come down to their court so we will have to pay for the transportation costs and the such. But if our court date is first, so I’m just wondering if it’s likely we will be forced to go there to another court date?

it sounds like they are completely at fault so definitely go ahead with your lawsuit and since you filed first, your court will have jurisdiction, if they decide to try, all they can do is counter sue you in the same case at your court.

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my father passed away from lung cancer from asbestos and he had a lawsuit going on and i was just wondering what kind of reparations i will receive

Ask his lawyer

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In a lawsuit where the claim is that a product or substance caused a disease or injury, one would think that a sine qua non of the plaintiff’s case is strong evidence that the product or substance is more likely than not the cause of the particular injury the plaintiff claims to have. Yet, my observation of these cases over many years is that while defense lawyers may firmly believe that such evidence is weak, lacking, or bogus, the plaintiff is often still able to make substantial recoveries before juries.

Defense lawyers frequently express frustration with juries that seem to ignore the powerful scientific evidence they present to counter the plaintiff’s claims. They characterize the jury as unsophisticated, easily manipulated, and led by emotions rather than thought. In this article we will examine why jurors so often reject the defense’s strong scientific case and ways that the defense might overcome that problem.

In what follows I want you to make an assumption: That the defense’s scientific case on causation is strong and the plaintiff’s is relatively weak. We’re not talking about the relationship between Asbestos Exposure and asbestosis. With that in mind, let us first understand why the plaintiff’s case may be appealing to jurors despite its weakness.

First, defense lawyers need to understand that when they step outside their role as lawyers that most of them are not much different from everyone else. Acting as a defense lawyer entails thinking in a logical and rationality maximizing manner. The weakness of some defense lawyers is expecting jurors to think in the same way when, in their everyday lives, most of these same lawyers frequently do not think this way. Let’s take some examples.

1. Would you choose to engage in an activity that could provide great rewards, but brought great misery when unsuccessful and which had a fifty percent failure rate? My guess is that many of you would not, yet almost all of you have chosen or will choose to get married, an activity with a fifty percent failure rate. Interestingly, many people (including defense lawyers) choose to marry knowing what the failure rate is. Despite this assumption of the risk, many still blame others for the failure. We find this external attribution of blame to be a common occurrence among jurors, even when the plaintiff has knowingly engaged in a well known and risky activity.

2. Bushes that burn that never burn; waters of a sea parted by the raising of a rod; a woman turned into a pillar of salt; another woman made pregnant by a God and giving birth to a God; and water turned into wine. People unfamiliar with the Judeo-Christian religious tradition might find these to be bizarre and impossible events. Despite no scientific evidence to support their actual occurrence, many millions of people believe them to have been real. Count among that group many defense lawyers who unquestionably have faith in their reality. I am not proposing that none of these events are false.

But if you think of common sense as like faith (a naturally felt belief in the way the world works in the absence of much empirical evidence), it is easy to see how difficult it might be to change common sense beliefs with scientific evidence. Some of these common sense beliefs are that just about anything has the ability to cause cancer; that exposure to any amount of a chemical can cause devastating injuries; and that single chemicals can cause multitudes of injuries. Is it really so hard to conceive of jurors being easily persuaded that exposure to welding fumes can cause Parkinson’s disease and ignoring evidence that runs counter to that?

3. How many defense lawyers buy lottery tickets? Not all, I’m sure. But I’d also “wager” that many do. Some of these are the same lawyers that argue dose/response relationships to jurors and present them with risk assessments. These lawyers believe it is worth spending money for a less than one in several million chances to win the lottery, yet expect jurors to conclude that the one in a million chance of getting injured by a chemical exposure precludes the plaintiff from being that person.

When we add in superstition, habit, custom and tradition into the lives of defense lawyers we see that much of the thinking in which they engage in their every day lives is not commanded by the same logic and super rationality that commands their thinking in the courtroom. Most importantly, that type of thinking is clearly not what is required to negotiate the challenges of every day life. Non rational and illogical thinking patterns can be quite successful strategies in everyday life. They serve their purposes.

Conclusion

In everyday life, scientists and lawyers do not behave like scientists and lawyers. For jurors a trial is everyday life. They do not and will not reason like experts. To the lawyer and scientist, jurors may be making mistakes in their reasoning, but they are not. They are doing the reasoning of everyday life. How this is done with scientific evidence can be understood and consequently the evidence can be presented to them in a way that makes sense to everyone, lawyers, scientists, and jurors alike.

anonymous
http://www.articlesbase.com/law-articles/when-science-is-on-your-side-but-you-lose-anyway-80904.html

Naturally occurring asbestos (NOA) has recently been deemed a dangerous pollutant, according to a study published in an October 2008 issue of Chemical Science and conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

According to researchers from the organization, naturally occurring asbestos is the name that describes “the silicate minerals serpentine and amphibole” that can form extremely thin crystals in patterns similar to that of cotton or silk, with extreme parallel alignment and, when crushed or broken, can cause asbestosis among individuals who inhale the particles.

What is Asbestosis?

Asbestosis occurs when the lungs have been exposed to asbestos fibers and the lungs react by becoming chronically inflamed as cancerous cells begin to form on the protective lining of the body’s internal organs, especially within the lungs. Signs and symptoms of asbestosis can be difficult to spot and are often misdiagnosed for other similar conditions, which is why it is important for an individual who may have been exposed to naturally occurring asbestos to seek medical attention immediately. Signs and symptoms of asbestosis include the following, according to the Mayo Clinic:

* coughing

* chest pain

* finger clubbing in some cases, which is swelling of tissues beneath the fingernail

* decreased tolerance for physical activity

* shortness of breath, both during periods of exertion and periods of rest

Unfortunately asbestosis symptoms do not become apparent for up to 20 to 30 years after initial exposure, which can often be too late for many victims to find adequate assistance in reversing the scarring and damage done within the lungs from asbestos fibers.

Asbestos Risks and Dangers

Naturally occurring asbestos may not pose a threat to all individuals who come in contact with it, according to the Chemical Science article, which explained that the “nature of the soil and local climate” also play an important role in exposure. Erosion of asbestos and these activities include:

* mining

* quarrying

* excavation for construction

* farming

* landscaping

* gardening

The researchers suggest that once NOA is discovered, a risk assessment of exposure to a community must be determined, in which case the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will likely need to be alerted, as they are the regulatory body responsible for removal and regulation of asbestos materials.

However, it is important for those who have worked with or been exposed to asbestos to understand the following risks, which may increase the severity of an asbestos case or put others at risk:
exposure times will have an effect on asbestosis or mesothelioma development, although individuals with minimum exposure have the same asbestos risks

* symptoms of asbestos are often delayed, which is why initial exposure should not be overlooked

* family members are also at risk if clothing, shoes covered is asbestos are brought into the house for others to inhale, which is known as paraoccupational exposure

* employees who have worked with shipbuilding, mining, milling, construction, brake repair, demolition, drywall and firefighters may all be at risk for potential exposure to asbestos and should consult a medical professional as a safety precaution

Finding Mesothelioma Help

Once an individual becomes diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer, they can quickly become overwhelmed with what to do and how to seek the appropriate medical and legal counsel to better their situation as soon as possible. It is important that an individual become educated on their condition and to speak openly with a knowledgeable medical professional about any and all treatments, including those treatments being tested as part of mesothelioma clinical trials, as any new type of treatment may be successful in postponing the unfortunate “incurable” condition.

It may also be necessary for a mesothelioma patient to contact a mesothelioma attorney.

Creating a mesothelioma lawsuit can earn monetary compensation to pay for costly bills associated with mesothelioma cancer.

Peter Kent