Firm News: Mesothelioma: Page 15

The mesothelioma lawyers of nationally known asbestos-exposure law firm Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., said they hope on Saturday to alert as many individuals as possible to the scourge of mesothelioma. Saturday, September 26, is National Mesothelioma Awareness Day. The law firm said its mesothelioma attorneys intend to do their part to educate people about the…

A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury this month handed Hennessy Industries, Inc. as successor to AMMCO Tools, Inc., its first-ever loss in an asbestos-exposure lawsuit despite the defendant company’s self-assurances that the grieving family of an Army veteran and automotive parts store owner who died of mesothelioma had no chance of winning, victorious plaintiffs’…

The family of a former Navy shipfitter who died earlier this year of mesothelioma received a verdict of $20 million against a manufacturer of boilers that were insulated with asbestos, the law firm of Weitz & Luxenberg today announced.   It took just two hours for a New York City jury to decide at the…

Riveting, heartrending, and —ultimately —persuasive testimony elicited by attorneys from the law firm of Weitz & Luxenberg led a Manhattan jury on Monday to award $25 million in damages to two victims of asbestos exposure, the plaintiffs’ attorneys today announced. The jury decided that Ivan Sweberg, 72, of Merrick, N.Y., who is battling mesothelioma, should…