Symptoms of Mesothelioma Pain, cough, fever, fatigue, shortness of breath — all are symptoms that could be caused by a number of conditions. That’s why people at first may ignore these symptoms of mesothelioma cancer or mistake them for common ailments. But mesothelioma is far from common and far from minor. It’s a rare and…

Life after a Mesothelioma Diagnosis How long do I have to live? It’s a question that often follows the devastating news of a mesothelioma diagnosis. Mesothelioma is an aggressive asbestos-related cancer that forms in the protective lining of the chest, the abdomen, the heart, or the testicles. It usually takes 20 to 50 years after…

Results of Asbestos Exposure Are Devastating The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 45,221 Americans died of mesothelioma from 1999 through 2015, an average of about 3,000 patients per year. According to estimates, another 1,500 die annually from asbestosis, while the number of asbestos-related lung cancer deaths has been set as high as…

Until now only two things have been certain about the rare cancer called Mesothelioma: First, that it is with near certainty caused by exposure to asbestos; Second, that the disease is terminal. Mesothelioma affect some 3,000 victims each year – mostly retired blue collar laborers who were exposed years ago to the lethal substance when…

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…

A deceased New York mesothelioma victim and his widow were on Tuesday awarded $11 million after Weitz & Luxenberg laid out a compelling case against Ford Motor Co. The case was submitted to the jury just as the extended Memorial Day weekend was about to begin. But the panel took only until the next court-business…

Every day, people work on maintaining and repairing their homes. Little do you suspect that the products you are using can kill you. That’s what happened to our client. In this tragic case, an accountant in New Jersey who was close to retirement age never got the chance. He died roughly a year after being…

When she was hospitalized in 2008 for stomach pain, the 56-year-old Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., homemaker and grandmother had no idea she would be dead scant months later. Initially, she thought the pain was somehow connected to the appendix removed in her teen years, since it felt similar. But no. A CAT scan revealed intestinal blockage,…

The wife of a New Jersey auto mechanic was diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma in October 2008 and died in December of that year. She was just in her mid-50s. The team of attorneys at Weitz & Luxenberg was able to get her family a large financial settlement from the manufacturers of the products that caused…