Asbestos Victims Getting Younger

One of the UK's leading lawyers acting for victims of asbestos-related cancer says more and more young people and women are contracting the killer disease.

Benefit Concert Raises $250,000 for Mesothelioma Research

The Pacific Heart, Lung & Blood Institute raised $250,000 for asbestos cancer research at a benefit concert on Saturday, February 10, 2007. Over 350 guests gathered to hear Grammy Award- winning jazz trumpeter Chris Botti give the performance of a lifetime.

An Asbestos Victim's Story

I was diagnosed with mesothelioma four years ago as a result of my being exposed to asbestos as a young girl when my parents repaired dry wall and ceiling tiles in our St. Louis home and my father brought home asbestos fibers on his clothes from his job as a brake mechanic.

Combination Drug Treatment Helps Beat Mesothelioma

People with mesothelioma, a form of cancer associated with asbestos exposure, have a higher survival rate when treated with a combination of two cancer drugs, a large multi-center study finds.

State Settles Abuse Lawsuit for $12.5M

The state government has agreed to pay $12.5 million to settle lawsuits by 48 girls who said they were abused at a youth detention center near Birmingham.

Alabama to Settle Lawsuits over Abuse at Teen Detention Center

The state government has agreed to pay $12.5 million to settle lawsuits by 48 girls who say they were abused at a youth detention center near Birmingham.

Second Lawsuit Filed in Bus Crash

Driver at fault for not wearing seat belt, because the driver was not wearing a seat belt, the lawsuit says, he lost control and the bus plowed into the 32-inch high retaining wall.

Alfacell's Mesothelioma Drug Granted Orphan Status

Orphan drug designation gives Alfacell seven years of marketing exclusivity, if it wins approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Deadly Wreck on an Interstate Overpass in Huntsville

The driver of a school bus and a car involved in a deadly wreck in Huntsville have been named defendants in the first wrongful death lawsuit filed in the accident, which killed four teens.

Accident Experts Comb I-565 Scene

Traffic safety engineers and accident reconstruction experts spent two hours Sunday on Interstate 565 taking measurements and photographing and examining the site of November's deadly school bus crash.