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Former Employee Suing Shipyard

Friday, August 21st, 2009

David Armistead worked for BAE Land Systems’ Barrow Shipyard beginning in 1965. He has now filed a lawsuit asking for compensation of $500,000 claiming that he contracted mesothelioma while working for the company.

He also said that the company did not provide any protective clothing nor did they educate him about the health dangers related to the asbestos.

Asbestos exposure can lead to several nasty side effects including asbestosis, scarring of the lungs, lung cancer and mesothelioma.

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The Barrow Shipyard covers about 169 acres and excels in the designing, building, testing, and commissioning of large vessels and submarines. It is an honorable institute and is credited with providing the first submarine to the United Kingdom.

Armistead started for the shipyard as an engineer working in the machine and engine shops. He says that the roofs and walls both contained a great amount of asbestos. He later transferred to the construction site of submarines where he applied asbestos covering layers to submarines.

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Mesothelioma killed Navy Veteran

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Gerald Gray died in April of 2009 from mesothelioma. He contracted the disease after inhaling asbestos fibers on naval ships for many years. His family has recently been awarded over $1 million in damages.

Gray joined the Navy in 1951 and served for 20 years until he retired in 1971. During those 20 years, he worked on many ships and rose to command master chief for the Atlantic fleet, which is the second highest enlisted rank in the Navy.

Asbestos was used extensively on submarines and ships on parts such as gaskets, seals, pumps, and other boiler room applications. Asbestos was found to have extreme ability to resist heat, fire, salt water, and other biological processes. Not only was it used by the military on vessels, but also in shore-based buildings like barracks and offices. Many veterans who served between World War II and into the 1980s have contracted mesothelioma from the exposure to so much asbestos.

Mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer that very difficult to diagnose. It often takes 20 years or longer for mesothelioma cancer symptoms to appear and by then, it is too late for successful treatment. This is the heart break of asbestos exposure.

Four of the five initial defendants settled out of court. But the jury was not told of the out-of-court settlements and was allowed to assign a percentage of blame to each of the parties. John Crane Inc., which manufactures gaskets and other parts used on the vessels, was assigned 30 percent of the blame, which totaled about $1.2 million.

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New mesothelioma clinical trial

Monday, August 17th, 2009

A Phase III clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of talc pleurodesis to an invasive surgical procedure called video-assisted thorascopic (VAT) cytoreductive pleurectomy in mesothelioma patients is being put into effect by researchers at Papworth Hospital and several other medical facilities in Great Britian.

The Natural psp This phase of the study is designed to determine if either technique is associated with higher one-year survival rates, and is also designed to determine if either technique offers better control of a condition that causes a build-up of fluid around the lungs called pleural effusion.

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Both techniques are used in mesothelioma treatment and are designed to target the pleura, the membrane or sac which surrounds the lungs. In mesothelioma patients, fluid collects in this pleural area and affects normal breathing. Through talc pleurodesis, the surgeon injects talc between the two layers of the pleura. This irritates them and causes them to adhere to each other, which closes the space where fluid builds up.

In contrast, cytroductive pleurectomy involves the partial or complete removal of the pleural membrane using a surgical technique. This procedure can be performed through an open chest incision or by using the VAT technique.

The VAT technique is a minimally invasive procedure that uses small incisions to access the chest cavity, which allows the insertion of tiny cameras as well as surgical instruments. Through this procedure, surgeons are able to both view the chest cavity and perform certain surgical procedures through these tiny incisions. These tiny incisions lead to fewer side effects and less downtime than traditional “open” procedures.

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Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that afflicts the lining of the heart, lungs and stomach. Because it is so difficult to diagnose, and because it has a latency period measured in decades, the diagnosis of mesothelioma is usually a death sentence.

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Former Employee Suing Shipyard

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New mesothelioma clinical trial