• Interview with Thoracic Surgeon Dr. David Sugarbaker

    Dr. Sugarbaker leads the International Mesothelioma Program at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital and is a world-renown medical expert on the disease. His team has developed some of the most innovative and promising new treatments for pleural mesothelioma.

  • Mesothelioma Can Strike Anyone

    Mesothelioma Can Strike Anyone.

    Mesothelioma is generally thought of as a working man's disease. While this is often true, no one is immune from this cancer-from politicians to entertainers, athletes to military commanders. Even short-term or low-level asbestos exposure can cause the disease to appear many years later. Learn about some of the public figures who have been stricken with this disease.

  • Mesothelioma Diagnosis

    Mesothelioma Diagnosis?

    Mesothelioma is a relatively rare cancer caused by asbestos exposure. It attacks the membranes that surround the lungs, heart or abdomen. Each year, approximately 3,000 Americans are diagnosed with mesothelioma. Learn about the way mesothelioma is diagnosed, its signs and symptoms and how doctors are learning to treat this disease.

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Libby mesothelioma, asbestos health care gets federal funding

Dec 29, 2009 | Residents of Libby, Montana can breathe a little easier, so to speak, now that county health workers have begun tapping into a $6 million grant provided by the federal government to treat people with asbestos-related diseases like mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer. A public health emergency was declared in Libby back in June, but ... MORE

Dec 28, 2009

Malignant pleural mesothelioma and facial lesions – a case study

Dec 27, 2009

Pleural mesothelioma patient sculpts the dead to solve crimes

Dec 26, 2009

Asbestos removal required before Charleston federal building into could become hotel

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Ice bomb from the sky forces woman and daughter out of home because of asbestos

Dec 7, 2009 | Danielle Hagan of Brush, Colorado was watching a movie with her 9-year-old daughter when a blue ice bomb came through her roof. Hagan first thought that it was a natural gas explosion or something, but it was a basketball-sized chunk of blue ice that must have fallen from an airplane overhead. The roof was blown ... MORE

May 14, 2007

Increase in mesothelioma deaths reported in the UK

Aug 30, 2007

Texas Governor’s Mansion will undergo $10 million renovation and asbestos removal

Sep 26, 2008

Maker of new mesothelioma drug in financial poor health

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Baron & Budd, P.C. has won many significant legal victories and settlements for mesothelioma and asbestos lung cancer victims. Here are some examples of monetary recoveries we have been able to achieve for our clients.

  • $10,603,661

    Received by client

    after Attorney's Fees and Expenses for a gentleman who developed malignant mesothelioma as a result of his exposure to joint compound... More Case Results

  • $6,356,942

    Received by client

    after Attorney's Fees and Expenses, for the widow of a man who died at the age of 50 after developing asbestos-related mesothelioma. He was exposed to... More Case Results

  • $4,380,755

    Received by client

    after Attorney's Fees and Expenses, for an ironworker who worked at a number of industrial sites throughout his career and who was diagnosed... More Case Results

  • $3,749,270

    Received by client

    after Attorney's Fees and Expenses, for the widow of a gentleman who developed mesothelioma as a result of his exposure to asbestos while... More Case Results

  • $3,665,248

    Received by client

    after Attorney's Fees and Expenses, for a gentleman who developed mesothelioma at the age of 70. Our client began his working career in the... More Case Results