Mesothelioma Cancer and Asbestos News - 2006

23 December 2006 An investigation continues to determine how asbestos appeared on Marco Island off the coast of FL. Read more »

23 December 2006 Two Australian men receive asbestos compensation from James Hardie totaling more than $762,000. Read more »

21 December 2006 USG Corp. made the final deposit of $3.05 billion into an asbestos fund, which totals more than $11 billion, that will compensate asbestos victims. Read more »

19 December 2006 The more than 31,000 residents of El Dorado, CA may be at risk for asbestos exposure. Read more »

18 December 2006 Florida man files asbestos suit, naming 143 defendant corporations. Read more »

14 December 2006 The choice of claiming damages for themselves or hoping their family will receive a larger payout will soon be abolished for mesothelioma victims in Scotland. Read more »

11 December 2006 A man from Lancashire, UK has launched a £250,000 suit against his former employer, United Co-operatives where he worked as a plumbing apprentice, for exposing him to asbestos in the 1960s. Read more »

11 December 2006 Residents of Utah have remained in the dark about possible asbestos exposure many years ago. Read more »

9 December 2006 New precedent set in asbestos lung cancer cases in Australia. Read more »

9 December 2006 James Hardie, an Australian manufacturer, is facing new asbestos claims from its former employees. Read more »

7 December 2006 Airborne asbestos fibers are blamed in the contraction of mesothelioma, and eventual death, in a man from Oregon. Read more »

4 December 2006 Employees in Hartlepool Borough, UK who were exposed to asbestos are being compensated before any signs of mesothelioma or asbestosis present themselves. Read more »

4 December 2006 Families receive news that asbestos land tests have been delayed for their neighborhood in the UK. Read more »

29 November 2006 DaimlerChrysler AG to pay $25 million in compensation to a New York City brake reliner. Read more »

28 November 2006 Asbestos victim in New York state wins case against DaimlerChrysler and will be paid $20 million for damages. Read more »

27 November 2006 A mother of four is denied a housing transfer from her public housing unit which contains asbestos. Read more »

27 November 2006 A widow in Halifax (UK) is seeking more than £300,000 in damages after her husband died at the age of 53 from malignant mesothelioma. Read more »

27 November 2006 Pemnat (Pemetrexed) for pleural mesothelioma has just been launched as a generic version of the drug by NATCO. Read more »

20 November 2006 Precedent set regarding endangering the health and safety of others due to asbestos exposure. Read more »

20 November 2006 Neighbors' pleas to stop an asbestos housing facility set to open in March in the UK are dismissed by judge. Read more »

15 November 2006 Nine year mesothelioma survivor is scheduled to hold an inspiring teleconference on December 14 at 8:00 PM ET. Read more »

11 November 2006 Residents of a Queens, NY neighborhood are unsure of how to react to reports that the EPA and FBI are searching their subdivision for asbestos. Read more »

6 November 2006 Asbestos lawyers find themselves on the other side of the courtroom, after a class action lawsuit was filed. Read more »

4 November 2006 High levels of asbestos force officials to uproot residents living at an abandoned Alberta military reserve. Read more »

1 November 2006 A man who died of mesothelioma in the UK left evidence just before he died of how he came to develop the disease. Read more »

28 October 2006 Mesothelioma victim outraged at the withdrawal of the treatment method Alimta. Read more »

27 October 2006 More asbestos has been dumped on an area on Marco Island, near Naples, FL, that was previously cleaned up back in April. Read more »

23 October 2006 New asbestos regulations will go into place in the UK starting November 13, 2006. Read more »

23 October 2006 The family of an Oklahoma man filed an asbestos suit against 30 defendant corporations in Madison County, IL, claiming he was exposed to asbestos while employed as a laborer, pipe-maker, machinist and quality control manager from 1950-2005. Read more »

22 October 2006 Asbestos workers in the UK fight to have their compensation reinstated from the House of Lords. Read more »

17 October 2006 A woman in Mississippi who has mesothelioma received compensation from four different companies in Georgia due to secondhand asbestos exposure. Read more »

16 October 2006 Royal Philips Electronics revealed an unexpected €265 million charge for asbestos liabilities, which had dragged third-quarter net profits below analyst estimates. Read more »

9 October 2006 Mesothelioma sufferers in Scotland can now claim full compensation for being exposed to asbestos. Read more »

7 October 2006 In Auburn, CA, unsafe levels of asbestos have been found in a park preserve project where members are working to excavate the Lincoln creek bed. Read more »

26 September 2006 A California man files an asbestos law suit in Madison County, IL, claiming exposure to asbestos while working at various jobs. Read more »

25 September 2006 An asbestos-laden ship was refused port entry into Turkey and Malta and is now headed back to its originating country of Holland. Read more »

18 September 2006 Owens Corning's finds a plan to save themselves from bankruptcy and give former employees owed compensation for exposure to asbestos.