Anyone who developed the rare type of cancer called mesothelioma can file a claim. Asbestos appears in so many products that it’s not necessary to prove specific asbestos exposure to qualify.

Losing a loved one to an asbestos-related disease is devastating. But amid the grief, families often face another challenge: navigating the complex legal landscape of pursuing compensation for their ...

Asbestos exposure can cause serious illnesses many years after it occurs. Diseases such as mesothelioma and asbestos lung cancer often develop 20 to 50 years after exposure, which means workers ...

Attorney General Alan Wilson is leading an 11-state brief raising concerns about the destruction of documents and data ...

The statute of limitations on asbestos claims was recently reevaluated by the Minnesota Supreme Court. In Palmer v. Walker Jamal Company, the court reinforces that the clock begins when the plaintiff ...

Missoula, Mont. — A federal jury ruled Wednesday that a health clinic in a Montana town where hundreds of people have died from asbestos exposure submitted 337 false asbestos claims that made patients ...

In June, the Senate Judiciary Committee reached agreement on language describing the medical criteria that would be used to evaluate asbestos injury claims submitted to a proposed national ...

Asbestos-related claims against MetLife Inc. rose 11 percent in the first half of the year, mirroring other large insurers who have experienced more claims than they expected, Reuters reports. The ...

NEW YORK, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Asbestos-related claims against MetLife Inc rose 11 percent in the first half of the year, the company said on Friday, mirroring recent comments by other large insurers who ...

The study reports that 500,000 to 2.4 million more claims could be filed in the years ahead, costing businesses as much as $210 billion more. "We found that over the past decade there has been a rapid ...

The case, Jefferson County v. Farris, concerns the death of James Farris, who served as judge of the 317th District Court from 1977 until his retirement in 1996. Asbestos chrysotile fibers that cause ...