March 3, 2015
“A Characterization Study, not an Exposure Study”by Brayton Purcell LLP | Mar 3, 2015 | Asbestos-Related Illness | Mark Twain noted that there are “Lies, damned lies and statistics.” In the world of asbestos and mesothelioma studies, there are lots of statistics. The risk posed by asbestos exposure is terrifically difficult to gauge, because there [...]
March 2, 2015
Infographic: The So-Called FACT Actby Brayton Purcell LLP | Mar 2, 2015 | Congress and Politics | Click on the infographic above to view and share at full size. Search for: Recent Posts The holiday season brings asbestos exposure to an Iowa school Asbestos in Schools Should people fear asbestos exposure through groundwater? A ban [...]
February 27, 2015
New Study: Minnesota Miners at High Risk for Mesotheliomaby Brayton Purcell LLP | Feb 27, 2015 | Occupational Asbestos Exposure | Recently, twenty-one new cases of mesothelioma have been diagnosed among Minnesota mine workers. The Minnesota Department of Health and the University of Minnesota have been studying a group of 69,000 workers since the late [...]
February 20, 2015
Brayton Purcell LLP Win Among Top Verdicts of 2014by Brayton Purcell LLP | Feb 20, 2015 | Brayton Purcell News | The Daily Journal recently announced their Top Verdicts for 2014, and a Brayton Purcell LLP win was included in the list! Whalen v. John Crane Inc. was selected in the Top Plaintiffs’ Verdicts category. [...]
February 9, 2015
How to Effectively Choose a Mesothelioma Attorneyby Brayton Purcell LLP | Feb 9, 2015 | Mesothelioma | Are you having trouble figuring out how to choose a mesothelioma attorney after diagnosis? Finding out you have developed the fatal cancer after asbestos exposure can be overwhelming — many patients do not know where to begin. We’ve [...]
February 6, 2015
Can I File an Asbestos Workers Compensation Claim?by Brayton Purcell LLP | Feb 6, 2015 | Workers' Compensation | Workers are affected by asbestos exposure in the workplace every day, but many do not know that they might be entitled to compensation for their exposure and the deadly diseases that can result from it. Brayton [...]
February 5, 2015
Keeping Up with Dangerous Drug RecallsOn Behalf of Brayton Purcell LLP | Feb 5, 2015 | Dangerous Medical Drugs | Prescription and over-the-counter drugs are constantly being recalled. If you have been prescribed a “cocktail” of medications by your doctor, keeping track of which drugs have been found to be dangerous might be a good [...]
February 4, 2015
Sports Star Fears Asbestos-Related Diseaseby Brayton Purcell LLP | Feb 4, 2015 | Occupational Asbestos Exposure | No matter if you are an automobile mechanic in the United States or a football star in the United Kingdom, workers across the world need to be made aware of the dangers of asbestos exposure on the job. [...]
February 3, 2015
Asbestos Could Mean Trouble for Mortgage Lendingby Brayton Purcell LLP | Feb 3, 2015 | Asbestos | Asbestos is often seen as something that affects an individual, in an isolated incident. The fact that diseases, such as asbestosis and mesothelioma often appear long after the exposure to the asbestos-containing materials occurred make their development seem [...]
