Former Kansas City government employees settled an asbestos lawsuit for $80 million against Jackson County, Missouri, and Kansas City-based U.S. Engineering, just one month before the trial was scheduled to start. The Kansas City Star reports that the lawsuit was filed by over 7,000 peopled who’d been in the Kansas City courthouse, including jail inmates, lawyers, […]
Exercise benefits are well known and documented, but traditional wisdom says that anyone who is sick should rest and avoid vigorous activity. For people living with mesothelioma and other types of cancer, that traditional advice has been turned on its head. While someone going through treatments for cancer may not be able to do workouts […]
A recent study carried about by researchers from Wayne State University School of Medicine confirms just how powerful chemotherapy can be for mesothelioma patients. The study combined information with the Medicare claims database, along with data from the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) in order to determine survival rate for patients who underwent […]
In Louisiana, we have a civil code. Our civil code dates back several centuries to what is called the Napoleonic Code. It’s been changed somewhat over the years, but in essence, it’s still the same Code that was written during the time of Napoleon Bonaparte.
No other state, not Texas, not New York, not Mississippi, has the Civil Code or the Civilian Legal System. To practice law in Louisiana courtrooms you must study our unique system of law and pass a comprehensive exam in order to be admitted to the Louisiana Bar.
Not only is our civil code system of law unique but so also is how the law is applied to asbestos victims. The Louisiana Supreme Court has said that in prosecuting asbestos cases you apply the law that was in effect at the time that the victims were exposed to asbestos. That is a critical difference from other states and requires a special knowledge of the history of Louisiana asbestos litigation.
If you or your loved one has been diagnosed with mesothelioma choose your lawyer carefully. Choose a Louisiana lawyer with experience prosecuting mesotheliomas cases in Louisiana Courtrooms.
