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Widow sues DuPont over husband's asbestos exposure
11/18/2008 10:12 AM
By Kelly Holleran
A Hardin County woman has filed an asbestos suit on behalf of her recently deceased husband against E.I. Du Pont De Nemours, claiming his asbestos-related disease was wrongfully caused.

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Reaud
Beyond the rhetoric: The impact of asbestos litigation
11/17/2008 8:49 AM
By Scott Sabatini
The impact of asbestos litigation is etched in stone, even as the carving continues.

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Union Carbide, others named in Galveston asbestos suit
10/30/2008 10:54 AM
By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau
GALVESTON - A Bacliff woman claims the Union Carbide Corporation and two other entities may have had a hand in her husband's death from asbestos exposure, recent court documents say.

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Lou Thompson Black
Orange County suit names 56 defendants for exposing man to asbestos
10/29/2008 9:30 AM
By David Yates
Representing the estate of Augustus Rochester, Lois Rochester has filed an asbestos suit against A.W. Chesterton and 55 other companies, claiming the corporate defendants maliciously inflicted her benefactor with an asbestos illness.

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Deep pockets: Asbestos lawyers spend millions on favored candidates
10/27/2008 8:40 AM
By Scott Sabatini
Plaintiffs lawyers like Walter Umphrey, Wayne Reaud, John O'Quinn and Fred Baron rose from their humble, blue collar beginnings in Texas to build some of the most successful firms in the country.
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Blevins
Asbestos suit names 65 companies as defendants over alleged exposure
10/23/2008 12:26 PM
By Kelly Holleran
A Texas man and his wife have filed an asbestos suit against 65 defendant corporations, claiming the asbestos-related disease with which the man was diagnosed was wrongfully caused.

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Umphrey
Cut from the same cloth: the men behind the millions
10/15/2008 2:12 PM
By Scott Sabatini
BEAUMONT, Texas - Pictures of Southeast Texas attorney Walter Umphrey's 70th birthday party bear closer resemblance to paparazzi shots at a Hollywood extravaganza than a celebration of an accomplished law partner.

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Lou Thompson Black
Asbestos suit against 80 companies filed on behalf of deceased worker
10/9/2008 2:35 PM
By Marilyn Tennissen
Brent Coon & Associates attorney Lou Thompson Black started the week with a case naming almost 80 companies that allegedly conspired to conceal the hazards of asbestos.

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Blevins files three asbestos suits in two weeks
10/9/2008 1:00 PM
By David Yates
Provost Umphrey attorney Brian Blevins is no stranger to the Jefferson County courthouse, filing three asbestos lawsuits in two weeks.

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Blevins
Couple sues 30-plus companies for husband's asbestos-related illness
10/9/2008 1:00 PM
By David Yates
Texas couple Gerald and Gladys Beasley have filed an asbestos suit against A.O. Smith and 30 other defendant corporations, alleging the defendant's caused Gerald's asbestos-related disease.

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Legends Scholarship honors the father of asbestos litigation
10/7/2008 10:10 AM
By David Yates
Four decades after the filing of the first modern asbestos lawsuit, Lamar University and the Beaumont Foundation of America have honored the man responsible for engineering the litigation.

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Bryan Blevins
Couple sues 37 companies for man's asbestos exposure
10/2/2008 10:25 AM
By Kelly Holleran
A Texas man and his wife have filed an asbestos suit against 37 defendant corporations, claiming an asbestos-related disease with which the man was diagnosed was wrongfully caused.

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Behind the paperwork- Following two decades of asbestos legal strategy
9/24/2008 9:00 AM
By Scott Sabatini
BEAUMONT, Texas-Case No. B-126,986, filed in the District Court of Jefferson County, Texas was just one of hundreds of thousands of similar cases filed over a period of 30 years on behalf of plaintiffs injured from exposure to asbestos.

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Group claims 'eminent threat' of asbestos exposure after hurricane
9/23/2008 12:15 PM
By David Yates
Hurricane Ike may have passed through Southeast Texas a week ago, but one group is warning residents of another danger ahead - the "eminent threat of asbestos exposure" in the wake of the storm.

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Keith Hyde
Suit faults Exxon Mobil for deceased worker's asbestos disease
9/8/2008 3:31 PM
By Marilyn Tennissen
The children of a deceased Exxon Mobil employee allege the company exposed their father to asbestos, which caused his death from lung cancer.

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Complaint alleges 53 companies concealed asbestos hazards
9/8/2008 1:27 PM
By David Yates
After filing an asbestos suit against 67 companies last week, Brent Coon & Associates attorney Lou Thompson Black started this week with another case naming 53 companies that allegedly conspired to conceal the hazards of asbestos.

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Deceased worker's family files asbestos, Jones Act suit against 13 companies
9/4/2008 2:30 PM
By David Yates
At the age of 75, George Greer Sr. allegedly died from mesothelioma. His family is holding more than a dozen companies accountable for his exposure to asbestos and death and has filed a suit on his behalf.

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Asbestos suit against 21 companies filed on behalf of deceased worker
9/4/2008 2:26 PM
By David Yates
Between the years of 1944 to 1984, Julian Booker worked at various industrial sites. In September 2006, he allegedly died of pulmonary asbestosis.

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Lou Thompson Black
Suit names 67 companies for alleged asbestos exposure
9/4/2008 1:24 PM
By David Yates
Margaret Copeland and her husband Marvin have filed a lawsuit against 67 defendant companies, alleging the companies conspired together to purposely inflict Margaret with an asbestos disease.
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Lou Thompson Black
Asbestos suit names 46 companies for alleged asbestos exposure
8/27/2008 11:20 AM
By David Yates
Tommy Davis and his wife Jacqueline have filed a lawsuit against 46 defendant companies, alleging the companies purposely inflicted Tommy with an asbestos disease.

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