On July 3, 2017,California's State Assembly was poised to vote on a new law that aims to significantly alter deposition procedures for many asbestos cases filed in the state of California. As it stands, the bill has been read a third time and was amended on July 10th, inching ever closer toward being passed. Asbestos plaintiffs and defendants alike should…
July 14, 2017
Long Beach Mesothelioma Lawyer
20th Century Naval Veterans Were Exposed to Asbestos for Decades Asbestos is well-known for its fire proofing capabilities, which naturally was a desirable property on Navy vessels. Unfortunately, this fact led to Navy ships being constructed with toxic asbestos from the 1930s until the early 1970s, when the Navy finally stopped outfitting ships with asbestos. The end result of the Navy's…
Long Beach is a major city that does not hesitate to enact massive change. And they do not waste time. The city just completed a gleaming new courthouse and they are now in the process of tearing down the old one. The old, former courthouse, a mid-century design from 1958, may have been state of the art half a lifetime…
Does California Need Asbestos Reform? From 1999 to 2013, more Californians died from asbestos-related ailments than any other state, with 21,338 asbestos-related deaths. When asbestos fibers are inhaled, mesothelioma is a common outcome, even if the symptoms take decades to materialize. Unsurprisingly, then, California also had the highest number of mesothelioma-related cancer deaths from 2001 to 2010. With dire statistics like these, it is arguable that California…
