The village of Roxana, Illinois is getting a new garage to house its street department workers and equipment. The current building reportedly sits atop an enormous plume of underground benzene.
Illinois Village to Spend $1.5 Million to Escape Benzene-Contaminated FacilityFor decades, the Roxana street department garage has been located on top of a dangerous plume of benzene. The toxic...
Mesothelioma specialists at the Pacific Mesothelioma Center (PMC), David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA, have long been advocates for using cryoablation to treat mesothelioma tumors that return following surgery. Now PMC researchers reportedly are looking for ways to boost the effectiveness of cryoablation with immunotherapy.
Cryoablation Destroys Mesothelioma Cells with Extreme...A medical school professor in Australia has teamed up with other scientists to develop a new mesothelioma treatment that reportedly has saved one patient’s life. Dr Glen Reid, an associate professor at the University of Sydney Medical School hopes his ‘groundbreaking’ research can be used to treat the asbestos-related cancer on a widespread scale.
Mesothelioma Treatment Uses...A Los Angeles jury has reached a $4.5 million verdict in a metal-on-metal hip implant lawsuit against Wright Medical Technology Inc. The verdict came in the first hip implant case to go to trial against Wright. The plaintiff received the medical device in 2007 but after experiencing extreme pain just three years later, was forced to endure a number of corrective surgeries.
Los Angeles Jury...When Trial News (membership required) recently sought the opinion of experienced legal counsel to explain a ruling by the Fifth Circuit on the attorney-client privilege, the publication turned to Paul Lawrence, a Waters Kraus & Paul partner in our Washington D.C. area office. Lawrence is a long-time qui tam lawyer representing whistleblowers in False Claims Act lawsuits against government...
Hospices provide important end-of-life palliative care and support services to patients and their families. Most hospice patients are covered by Medicare, which covers hospice for beneficiaries with six months or fewer to live. Medicare beneficiaries who elect to receive hospice care agree to forgo curative, life-prolonging treatment, deciding instead to receive comfort care.
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