You may have been feeling “off” for months or years before doctors diagnosed you with a terminal illness. You also may have had a gut feeling that your health condition was somehow related to your job, especially because you worked…
Have you ever seen a slab of drywall that has gotten wet, then dried again? You may have noticed that it became easy to crumble after water damage. This condition is known as friability. Drywall that is in an undisturbed…
You may take every precaution to live a healthy life by eating well, avoiding alcohol and tobacco, and exercising regularly. On the other hand, perhaps you have a different philosophy in which you enjoy whatever life has to offer. Either…
Several drug companies tried to have the class-action lawsuits against them involving Zantac dismissed recently. However, a district judge ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, who claim that they suffered harm because of the carcinogenic ingredients in Zantac. The ruling…
Perhaps your loved one put in 20 or more years on the job and was looking forward to retirement. Things might have even been going well to start, until symptoms of illness began to arise. Like many North Carolina families…
Simple home renovation projects rarely turn out to be simple. If your home improvement plans uncovered the existence of asbestos in your walls, ceiling, floors or other areas, your project might have come to a screeching halt while you evaluated…
Your loved one might have contracted a terminal illness a decade or more before anyone realized that he or she was sick. Asbestos exposure on a North Carolina job site, in a home or elsewhere often results in mesothelioma or…
The suspicions of your doctor that you may have mesothelioma can be a crushing blow for you and your entire family. Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that is seldom diagnosed until it is quite advanced. The results of such…
Like many North Carolina residents, you or one of your family members may have served in the U.S. Navy or other branches of the armed forces. Depending on what your duties were, you may have been exposed to asbestos on…
A cancer diagnosis will change your life. Mesothelioma is one of the gravest types of cancer you can get, and this will take a toll on you as well as every member of your family. This disease will impact your…
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