LegalView Informs Mesothelioma Blog Readers of a Predicted Increase in - PR.com
LegalView updated readers to an alarming prediction by researchers who said the number of female mesothelioma victims may increase within the next few years. Researchers said that asbestos in hair dryers that were previously unregulated may be the

Asbestos Found in Home Heating and Air Conditioning Equipment - Forbes
DALLAS, July 21 /PRNewswire/ — The law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. today announced that an unnamed mesothelioma patient and his family have reached a confidential settlement with several manufacturers of home heating and air conditioning (HVAC

Shareholders Petition Court to Delay EDS/Hewlett-Packard Merger Vote - Forbes
At a hearing scheduled by Collin County District Judge Greg Brewer on July 24, shareholders of Dallas-based Electronic Data Systems (EDS) will be asking the Court to postpone the July 31 shareholder meeting on the proposed sale of the company to

Lung Cancer Trial Targets Asbestos-Related Disease - BusinessWeek
MONDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) — Patients are being recruited for a clinical trial of a new targeted radiation and chemotherapy protocol for pleural mesothelioma, a cancer of the lung's lining that's almost always caused by exposure to asbestos

Diseases/Conditions News - Yahoo News
TUESDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) — Patients with stomach or pancreatic cancer may have more lymph nodes examined for the spread of cancer if they're treated at designated comprehensive cancer centers or at hospitals that do a high number of cancer

Legal Questions Still Dogging Wyeth - Street.Com
From Wyeth WYE and diet drugs, to Merck MRK and Vioxx to Eli Lilly LLY and Zyprexa, companies are forced to make careful calculations about mass product-liability lawsuits. No easy answers exist. Wyeth, or example, has set aside some $21.1 billion

Baron & Budd's Burton LeBlanc Elected AAJ Parliamentarian - MSN MoneyCentral
DALLAS , July 21 /PRNewswire/ — At its recent annual meeting in Philadelphia , longtime political activist and plaintiffs' attorney Burton LeBlanc of Baron & Budd, P.C. was elected Parliamentarian, a national office of the American Association for