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Waters Kraus & Paul Announces New Partner in Maryland Office

Demetrios Zacharopoulos Attributes His Compassion to His Family and His Success to the Firm’s Trial Philosophy

National plaintiffs’ firm Waters Kraus & Paul is honored to welcome the firm’s newest partner, Demetrios T. Zacharopoulos. Named on the Maryland Rising Stars® list by Thomson Reuters, Legal from 2010 through 2013, Mr. Zacharopoulos has been...

Waters Kraus & Paul Wins Landmark Decision in Asbestos Exposure Case

Nevada Supreme Court, rejecting onerous asbestos dose standards applied by some courts, overturns defendants’ summary judgment

Addressing the asbestos causation standard for the very first time, justices for the Supreme Court of Nevada handed down a landmark decision on December 6, 2012, in favor of plaintiffs. Applying a causation standard which rejects stringent standards...

Waters Kraus & Paul Heads the California Asbestos Litigation Conference

Trial lawyers from one of the country’s leading mesothelioma law firms will take the lead at HarrisMartin’s California Asbestos Litigation Conference.

Michael Armitage, partner and managing attorney of Waters Kraus & Paul’s Los Angeles office has been selected to serve as co-chair of HarrisMartin’s California Asbestos Litigation Conference. The...

Waters Kraus & Paul Congratulates TAF Whistleblower of the Year Allen Jones

Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund Honors Waters Kraus & Paul Client for Fighting Medicaid Fraud by Drug Company

Last Thursday night, the non-profit public interest organization Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund (TAF) honored Waters Kraus & Paul client Allen Jones for blowing the whistle on alleged fraud and illegal kickbacks by Johnson & Johnson...

Partner Scott Frost to Discuss Changes in California’s Asbestos Litigation

Panel Discussion to be held during Perrin Conferences’ 2012 Asbestos Litigation Conference

Partner and trial attorney Scott Frost will be speaking at the Perrin Conferences’ upcoming annual asbestos Conference. This year’s conference, “A National Overview & Outlook,” will be held at The Fairmont San Francisco, and runs from September 10th...

Waters Kraus & Paul Client Takes on Dental Medicaid Fraud in Texas

Texas AG Joins Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Dallas Dentist and Dental Clinics

DALLAS — Dallas-based law firm Waters Kraus & Paul, LLP announces that Dr. Christine Ellis has sued Dr. Richard Malouf and several All Smiles clinics, alleging violations of the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act.

Dr. Ellis is represented by Waters Kraus & Paul...

Waters Kraus & Paul Case Featured As A Top Calif. Verdict Of 2011

SAN DIEGO – Waters Kraus & Paul was recently recognized in a special edition of The Recorder, California’s Million Dollar Verdicts of 2011. The firm’s achievement in the asbestos trial of Mansir v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. is the firm’s fourth case to be featured on a California’s Million Dollar Verdicts list. The list, compiled by VerdictSearch, is published by...

Arizona Urgent Care Chain Will Pay $10 Million to Settle Healthcare Fraud Claims

According to the Justice Department, Arizona-based NextCare Inc. has agreed to pay the U.S. and Arizona state governments $10 million to settle allegations that the company submitted false claims to TRICARE, Medicare, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, as well as state Medicaid programs in Arizona, Texas, Colorado, North Carolina, and Virginia.

NextCare clinics...

Two VT Towns to Decide on Abandoned Asbestos Mine

LOWELL, Vt.—Voters in Lowell and Eden are going to vote on whether to request that an abandoned asbestos mine be declared a federal Superfund hazardous waste site so it can be cleaned up and eventually redeveloped as a biomass power plant.

Officials with the Lamoille Economic Development Corporation said a developer is interested in the site, but the tailings from the mine must be...

EPA Allowed Unsafe Handling of Asbestos

By Jim Morris and Chris hamby, iWatch News pdf available

The Environmental Protection Agency has allowed the use of unapproved methods to demolish buildings containing asbestos, threatening public health and possibly violating worker safety rules, the EPA’s inspector general has concluded.

In an “early warning report” to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson that...

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That’s the first question everyone asks. The truth is it’s impossible to know. But we can tell you this. Waters Kraus & Paul has what it takes to fight against big corporate interests and win. That’s why we’ve taken more mesothelioma trials to verdict than any other firm. And that’s why we’ve recovered more than $1.3 billion for clients like you. Do you think you have a case? Contact us now to speak with an attorney.

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