Mesothelioma litigation is an option for mesothelioma patients. Litigation however is not an easy path to consider. Before you choose to sue, there are a couple of crucial facts that you should be aware of.

You have the right to sue.

In some cases, your condition may be caused by the negligence of others. Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that results from exposure to asbestos fibers. Like any average individual, you probably wouldn't consider exposing yourself to...

Hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, is a common treatment for menopausal women, as it is long believed that the decrease in hormone levels after menopause was overwhelmingly detrimental to a woman's health.
While certain effects of menopause can be serious health problems, many physicians prescribe HRT for all menopausal women, with little regard to the severity of the woman's individual issues, and little thought to the potential long term consequences of prolonged hormone...

Everyone expects to enjoy a safe and relaxing holiday abroad but, unfortunately not all holidays have a happy ending. Accidents and illness often ruin package holidays but if you booked a package holiday you could be eligible for compensation under The Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992.

It doesn’t matter if the accident happened in the UK or abroad as long as it was a package holiday. To qualify as a package holiday at least two or more...

The Law

From the 1st January 2006, new EU legislation came into effect regarding food hygiene regulations. This affects all food business operators who are now required to put into place, implement and maintain procedures based on the seven principles of HACCP.

What is HACCP?

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) is a food safety management system designed to assist food business operators in maintaining hygiene standards, therefore proving that...

CHRISTOPHER SCOTT SWALEF v. ANDREA ANDERSON

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA

50 Va. App. 100

June 26, 2007, Decided

Issue:

Whether the Norfolk Circuit Court erred "by not extending full faith and credit to the Minnesota judgment that concluded Virginia had exclusive jurisdiction over the child custody proceedings between the parties."?

The Minnesota Court explicitly found that "[a]bsent a decline of jurisdictionby that...

My mother's hemoglobin was down to eight again, which is confirmation of severe anemia, so her primary care physician sent her over to a hematologist to receive a blood transfusion. It was all well intended to avoid another hospitalization. This blood specialist has her practice in a cancer center where they provide all kinds of intravenous therapy including blood transfusion, so it seemed that an out patient administration of packed cells made sense. Well, they infused two units over...

It is time to rethink organic. For example, a non-organic celery stick could contain 67 pesticides , according to a new report from the nonprofit Environmental Working Group, reports CNN.

Concerned with public health, the group scrutinized 100,000 produce pesticide reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ascertain which fruits and vegetables have the highest and lowest amounts of chemical residue.

Called...

It is a parent's worst nightmare! You send your child to school and expect him or her to come home safe. It didn't happen that way in this case. As many children of the inner city, Shawn was asthmatic. He lived in Brooklyn and attended PS 20 in Clinton Hill. On February 2003, only weeks after his 11th birthday, Shawn had a serious asthma attack in school. He went to the nurse's office where the nurse determined 911 should be called and the boy should immediately be taken to the hospital...

Hiring a Fort Worth personal injury attorney is the first step in getting the compensation that you deserve when you are involved in a dispute. From motorcycle and car accidents to dog bites and slips and falls, people are involved in personal injury situations every day, and they need to seek the legal help that is available to get the results that they deserve from their case. A Fort Worth attorney will help you to determine if you have a case, how much compensation you should ask...

What are mesothelioma lawsuits and how do they arise?

Mesothelioma lawsuits are filed by the victims of mesothelioma to avail reparations for medical expenses, pain & suffering and loss of income associated with the growth of this disease. Mesothelioma is a kind of cancer, which is inflicted by exposure to asbestos most frequently used in industrial and residential places till the late seventies. The numbers of mesothelioma victims were on the rise as the employers...