Weitz & Luxenberg attorneys Venus Burns and Michael Reid recently secured a $3 million trial verdict for Ervan Groves, a former employee at Masonite Corporation who developed terminal mesothelioma cancer as a result of asbestos exposure. D.W. Nicholson, a contracting company that worked on more than 100 jobs at Masonite during the course of Mr….

W&L has now grown into one of the largest personal injury and mass tort law firms in the Philadelphia and New York areas.  Our outlook is both local and national, so our clients in Pennsylvania get the best possible representation. Finding an Experienced Lawyer We have a strong local presence in Pennsylvania. Some of our…

Finding an Experienced Lawyer Founded almost 40 years ago, Weitz & Luxenberg set out to help people diagnosed with mesothelioma, an aggressive cancer caused by asbestos exposure. Since then, we have grown to become one of the largest personal injury and mass tort law firms in the New Jersey and New York areas. Our clients…

Eight days into a trial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, lawyers for Weitz & Luxenberg reached a large financial settlement with the employer of a welder who died after being exposed to asbestos on the job. Pennsylvania is one of the few states where an employee can sue an employer for conditions that led to getting sick…

Doctors who do not specialize in mesothelioma diagnosis may not be able to recognize mesothelioma symptoms for what they are. In fact, the symptoms of mesothelioma can occur from many other medical conditions. Getting an accurate mesothelioma diagnosis as soon as possible is absolutely critical. The sooner the mesothelioma is identified, the sooner you can…

Working at a gas station and working in the construction industry led to a man developing the mesothelioma that killed him in his late 60s, leaving behind a wife and an adult daughter. Weitz & Luxenberg was able to get him a large financial settlement so his family could be compensated in some measure for…

Weitz & Luxenberg attorneys filed a lawsuit in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on behalf of a professional mechanic and home construction worker in his 60s. Our client had been diagnosed with the deadly cancer mesothelioma. We sought to hold responsible the manufacturers who made the asbestos-containing products that made him sick. Settlements Paid…

A soft-spoken used car salesman from Philadelphia in his 60s came to Weitz & Luxenberg for help after he was diagnosed with mesothelioma. His exposure to asbestos-laced dust came while he was working in a car dealership and had bystander exposure from mechanics who were performing work with asbestos-containing products in his presence. He also…

After a month-long trial, Weitz & Luxenberg won a $20 million verdict on behalf of the family of the late Geoffrey Anisansel, a marine ship repairman who developed malignant mesothelioma after exposure to asbestos. The jury found that Crane Co., the manufacturer of the asbestos-containing equipment used by Mr. Anisansel, was negligent and recklessly disregarded…

A diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma in the lining of your lungs is devastating. It is made even worse when you are told you are not a candidate for surgery. This further limits what few treatment options are available for this terminal form of cancer, which is caused by exposure to asbestos fibers. When the…