


This Is National Asbestos Awareness Week
Posted by Andrew S. Wainwright on Apr 3, 2013 7:47:00 AM You may think you know about asbestos. Think again. Did you know that dozens of Americans die from asbestos-related disease each day – even in 2013? Did you know that, despite almost a century of knowledge of...
Thornton Law Firm Wins $2 Million Settlement For Construction Worker
By David J. McMorris, Esq. Posted on March 29, 2013 Thornton Law Firm recently negotiated a 2 million dollar settlement for a 51 year-old client who was seriously injured in an 18 feet fall at a construction site in Massachusetts. The client suffered multiple...
$750,000 Pennsylvania Fracking Settlement Made Public
Posted by David C. Strouss on Mar 26, 2013 10:34:00 AM Overruling a fracking company’s request to keep the details private, a Pennsylvania judge has unsealed records related to a $750,000 settlement of a suit alleged water contamination near Marcellus shale fracking...
U.S. Senate Designates April 1-7 As “National Asbestos Awareness Week”
Posted by Andrew S. Wainwright on Mar 20, 2013 11:03:00 AM On March 18, 2013, the U.S. Senate, by unanimous consent, resolved that the first week in April, 2013 would be designated “National Asbestos Awareness Week.” The Resolution was sponsored by Senator Max Baucus...