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“Our heartfelt condolences go out to Larry’s family. He was a great man who brought the Mesothelioma Community together around the country year in and year out in order to raise awareness of asbestos health dangers. We will honor Larry’s memory and tremendous community efforts by remaining committed to supporting the cause for which he was so passionate about.”
Jim Sokolove, Founder
“Sokolove Law is fortunate to have known Larry and we thank his daughter Courtney and the rest of the Davis family for sharing his story and impacting countless other lives around the country. He will be sorely missed.”
Ricky LeBlanc, Managing Attorney, Asbestos, Sokolove Law
For more than 30 years, Sokolove Law has helped children of families who have been impacted by cerebral palsy, Erb’s palsy (also known as Brachial Plexus injury), and other birth-related injuries. The firm has helped people in all 50 states get the legal support they need to move personal injury claims successfully through the court system. ChildBirthInjuries.com is great new resource for parents and their families.”
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VA to Study Veterans’ Deaths

An enormous study to establish the cause of veterans’ deaths has been initiated by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Defense Department. Nextgov  reports the study will require matching the records of 34 million service personnel with their death certificates, which means looking at everyone who has served since 1979. The initiative, called the National Mortality Study, will first look at the

Web Sites Sued For Commercial Use of Mugshots

A Toledo-based lawyer filed a class-action lawsuit in Ohio’s Lucas County Common Pleas Court against at least five web sites that charge individuals a fee to have their online mugshots removed, even if the individual was not found guilty or if the charges against them were dismissed. The Toledo Blade  reports the suit claims that more than 259,000 Ohioans have been cataloged on various mugshot web sites. The lawyer representing the two lead plaintiffs in the

Nationwide Data Theft Affects More Than a Million Consumers

More than a million Nationwide Insurance customers had their personal data exposed by an October cyberattack on the company’s computer network, according to state insurance regulators. The criminal hack targeted a part of the Columbus-based insurer’s computer network that contained personal information about current, former, and prospective customers of Nationwide and its Allied affiliate, according to the Columbus Dispatch . The massive data breach affected people across all

Risk of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning at Hotels

The last three years have seen eight deaths and 170 other incidents of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in hotels unequipped with CO alarms, according to a USA Today  investigation. In fact, few states or municipalities have laws requiring hotels to be equipped with the CO alarms. The National Fire Protection Association says that these devices should be near bedrooms in every home. With no complete statistics on how many people need treatments or die from CO poisoning annually, there are few records

Free Apps May Siphon Off Personal Data, Says Study

There’s a hidden cost to some of those free apps in the Google Play store. TechHive reports that an 18-month study by Juniper Networks of 1.7 million applications available from Google Play found that free apps were 314 percent more likely to access a user’s address book and 401 percent more likely to trace a user’s location than were paid apps. Numerous apps obtain permissions and gather information from a user’s handset that is not required for the software to function, writes TechHive 

Woman’s Death Leads to Chemical Exposure Suit

An East St. Louis woman’s family has filed a chemical exposure lawsuit  alleging that she died after years of exposure to poisonous chemicals released from a local paint pigment plant once owned by Pfizer and now run by Elementis Pigments. The complaint blames Pfizer and Elementis Pigments, as well as Illinois Power and Rogers Cartage, for allowing toxic chemicals to be released to the soil, air, and drinking water of East St. Louis, for improper

Class Action Accuses Army of Poisoning People in the '50s

A class action personal injury lawsuit  alleges that Monsanto and others were part of a U.S. Army experiment that secretly poisoned people with toxic chemicals in the 1950s. Courthouse News  reports that the lead plaintiff in the suit alleges that Monsanto, Parsons Government Services, and SRI International participated in a secret Army study that caused toxic chemicals – including potentially radioactive cadmium -- to be

New Study to Assess Cancer Risks Associated with Nuclear Facilities

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is starting a new study that will observe the increased cancer risk for residents living near a nuclear facility. It is known that some radiation is released from nuclear reactors, but an earlier study had found no links between the radiation and increased risk of cancer  for nearby residents. The past study was conducted in 1990 when the technology wasn’t so advanced. Therefore, the NRC is now pushing forward the study with modern

Jury Awards $1.3 Million in Ramblin' Wreck Suit

A jury awarded $1.3 million to a student from Georgia Tech University who suffered a head injury  that left him deaf in one ear and cost him his senses of smell and taste after he fell off the Ramblin' Wreck, the antique car that serves as the university’s football mascot. Plaintiff Nicholas Brown was initially granted $2 million in compensation by a Georgia jury but the amount was decreased by 32 percent after Brown’s own liability in the accident was factored in,

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