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January 9, 2013 – The book 100 Questions & Answers About Mesothelioma recently published its Third Edition. This user-friendly guide to virtually all aspects of mesothelioma has long been...
October 10, 2012 – In a groundbreaking study published in the New England Journal of Medicine today, highly respected mesothelioma researchers, led by Harvey I. Pass, M.D. of NYU Medical Center,...
October 3, 2012 – On Friday, September 28, 2012, attorneys from Levy Konigsberg LLP (“LK”) joined members and activists from the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, aka the Meso Foundation, at...
August 20, 2012 – Top mesothelioma researchers from around the world will gather at the Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center in Boston, Massachusetts, from September 11-14, 2012, for the 11th...
August 14, 2012 – Mesothelioma patients, doctors, and others interested in the rare asbestos-related cancer will come together on September 28, 2012, for a unique conference in New York City. About...
March 14, 2012 – Linda Reinstein’s life took an irreversible turn in 2003 when her husband Alan was diagnosed with mesothelioma. After bravely fighting this asbestos-related cancer, Alan died in...
February 27, 2012 – Michael Moreno and his younger brother, James, volunteered to join the US Navy in 1965 and served together on the USS Renville and USS Valley Forge through 1967. While aboard...
February 22, 2012 – In a landmark decision issued today, the New York Supreme Court held that a federal statute does not block a plaintiff’s right to sue for her asbestos-related injury under New...
February 9, 2012 – Last week, Levy Konigsberg LLP (“LK”), scored a legal victory for the family of a veteran of the United States Navy and, at the same time, protected the rights of veterans...
January 30, 2012 – Stop Mesothelioma names Erica Iacono and Janice Malkotsis Advocates of the Month for January 2012 for organizing the annual 5K Walk/Run for Hope, an event that raises money for...
January 11, 2012 – LK has recently filed an asbestos lawsuit in the City of St. Louis, Missouri, on behalf of a retired automobile mechanic and his wife of 52 years. The plaintiff, recently...
December 21, 2011 – In a decision issued today, the Honorable Joseph H. Rodriguez of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey ruled that a bi-state commuter railroad cannot...
December 20, 2011 – The mesothelioma lawsuit of a retired flooring mechanic is now assigned to a judge for a jury trial in New York City. During a career that spanned over 30 years, the plaintiff...
December 28, 2011 – A mesothelioma attorney from the law firm of Levy Konigsberg LLP (“LK”), recently won a $2.5 Million verdict for the family of the late Lloyd “Barry” Benton, a Vietnam veteran,...
November 15, 2011 – For his dedication to the mesothelioma community, Larry Davis has been named Stop Mesothelioma’s first “Advocate of the Month.” Stop Mesothelioma is a Facebook project created...
December 13, 2011 – Missy Dorsey Bowles is taking a stand. Driven by faith and the memory of her father, she has become one of the most passionate advocates of mesothelioma research and awareness in...
October 14, 2011 – Louisiana mesothelioma attorneys from the nationally acclaimed law firm of Levy Konigsberg LLP have filed mesothelioma lawsuits on behalf of several Westbank area residents who...
September 26, 2011 – LK’s mesothelioma lawyers and staff members joined volunteers from the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation at the second annual rally held outside of NBC’s Today Show...
NEW YORK, New York, August 18, 2011 – Today, the New York Appellate Division, First Department, announced two decisions which will greatly influence the pre-trial process for two mesothelioma...
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 28, 2011 – Today, a Federal Magistrate Judge in the U.S. Judicial Panel on Asbestos Products Liability Multi-District Litigation recommended the denial of summary...
July 8, 2011 – Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation recognizes Levy Konigsberg LLP for its continued partnership in the fight against mesothelioma and for its significant support for...
July 8, 2011 – New Jersey mesothelioma lawyers from LK receive a Federal Judge’s ruling allowing US citizens living abroad to bring a mesothelioma lawsuit in a New Jersey state court. NEW JERSEY...
October 14, 2011 – Louisiana mesothelioma attorneys from the nationally acclaimed law firm of Levy Konigsberg LLP have filed mesothelioma lawsuits on behalf of several Westbank area residents who...
September 26, 2011 – LK’s mesothelioma lawyers and staff members joined volunteers from the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation at the second annual rally held outside of NBC’s Today Show...
NEW YORK, New York, August 18, 2011 – Today, the New York Appellate Division, First Department, announced two decisions which will greatly influence the pre-trial process for two mesothelioma...
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 28, 2011 – Today, a Federal Magistrate Judge in the U.S. Judicial Panel on Asbestos Products Liability Multi-District Litigation recommended the denial of summary...
July 8, 2011 – Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation recognizes Levy Konigsberg LLP for its continued partnership in the fight against mesothelioma and for its significant support for...
July 8, 2011 – New Jersey mesothelioma lawyers from LK receive a Federal Judge’s ruling allowing US citizens living abroad to bring a mesothelioma lawsuit in a New Jersey state court. NEW JERSEY...
June 10, 2011 – Mesothelioma lawyer Robert I. Komitor, a partner at the nationally recognized mesothelioma law firm of Levy Konigsberg LLP opens the New York Asbestos Litigation Conference held by...
March 31, 2011 – The survivors of a former US Coast Guard engineman, who has recently died of mesothelioma, filed an asbestos lawsuit against companies that manufactured asbestos-containing...
March 23, 2011 – New York Supreme Court Justice upholds recommendation of the Asbestos Litigation Special Master directing the immediate production of records in the possession of a pump...
March 23, 2011 – Hundreds of people are expected to gather for the 3rd annual Norm Kulig 2Young2Go Foundation Get the Lead Out Race, which is to take place on April 2, 2011, at the Wissahickon High...
February 28, 2011 – Hundreds of people are expected to gather for the 6th Annual 5K Walk/Run for Hope, which is to take place on April 10, 2011, in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, Long Island. The...
January 13, 2011 – Federal Judge from New York’s Southern District Court rules in favor of a former Navy boilerman who developed mesothelioma as a result of exposure to asbestos contained in ship...
December 7, 2010 – New Jersey Judge denies a motion brought by a tile manufacturer, named as a defendant in a take-home asbestos exposure lawsuit, seeking to have New York State law applied to the...
December 6, 2010 – Federal Judge of the US District Court of the Southern District of New York dismisses a motion for summary judgment filed by a valve manufacturer Crane Co., one of the defendants...
August 20, 2010 – The New Jersey Appellate Division has affirmed Bonnie Anderson’s $7.5 million verdict against Exxon Mobil. Bonnie Anderson, who suffers from peritoneal mesothelioma, was exposed to...
April 5, 2010 – New Jersey Appellate Division upholds the state’s largest $30.3 Million mesothelioma compensation verdict in a lawsuit brought by LK’s client Susan M. Buttitta both individually and...
NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION UPHOLDS AN EARLIER DECISION DENYING CHRYSLER AND HONEYWELL’S MOTION TO COMPEL AN AUTOPSY ON THE BODY OF LK’S CLIENT HAROLD ST. JOHN, WHO DIED OF MESOTHELIOMA ON...
December 4, 2008 – New York Supreme Court Justice upholds a $5 Million mesothelioma compensation verdict awarded to a former Navy boilerman. The jury award is believed to be the largest ever...
May 28, 2008 – A New Jersey jury awards LK’s client Bonnie Anderson a peritoneal mesothelioma verdict of $7.5 Million for the pain and suffering and loss of consortium arising from her peritoneal...
February 26, 2008 – Mesothelioma lawyers of Levy Konigsberg LLP obtain what is recognized as the largest asbestos compensation verdict in the history of New Jersey’s mesothelioma litigation. The...
February 1, 2008 – LK’s mesothelioma lawyers obtain an asbestos compensation verdict of $2.25 Million on behalf of the family of a former Brooklyn Navy Yard employee who died of pleural...
December 17, 2007 – Asbestos lawyers from LK obtain two jury verdicts totaling $9 Million on behalf of two mesothelioma victims, a former electrician and pipefitter, and their wives. The verdicts...
July 18, 2007 – A steam pipe explosion near Grand Central Terminal, in New York City, caused at least one death and many serious injuries. The explosion also raised concerns about possible asbestos...
NEW YORK, New York | July 2, 2007 - In today’s issue, New York Magazine features mesothelioma lawyers Stanley J. Levy, Robert I. Komitor, and Jerome H. Block of Levy Konigsberg LLP on its list of...
April 30, 2007 – As mesothelioma, a rare asbestos cancer, claims a third family member from Natural Bridge, a New York hamlet with only 392 residents, a lawsuit was filed today by LK’s mesothelioma...
August 8, 2005 – New Jersey’s largest mesothelioma compensation verdict of $10 Million is awarded to a US Air Force veteran, who contracted mesothelioma as a result of asbestos exposure during his...
December 29, 2004 – The first-ever asbestos compensation verdict against the US welding rods industry, awarded to two LK clients last year, has been affirmed by New York State Supreme Court’s...
December 2, 2004 – Asbestos compensation verdict of $7.6 Million previously awarded to a former electrician at Brooklyn Navy Yard and mechanic at the Pfizer manufacturing plant in a mesothelioma...
August 3, 2004 – Former apprentice electrician at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Navy and Merchant Marines seaman awarded mesothelioma compensation verdict of $22 Million for their mesothelioma cancer...
October 10, 2002 – Exxon-Mobil found by a New York jury negligent in selling its asbestos-containing thermal insulation cement without any warning about the hazards of asbestos exposure and thus...