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The firm of Jon L. Gelman is a specialty law office concentrating its practice in the litigation of catastrophic and serious injuries resulting from work-related exposures and traumatic events. Our clients are located throughout the United States. We
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Oregon Soldiers Sickened by Exposure to Hexavalant Chromium from KKR-Halliburton Burn Pits
More soldiers are now being reported as ill from exposure to chemicals in Iraq. The exposure to hexavalent chromium, a known carcinogen, is alleged to have sickened Oregon National Guard troops who have returned from a tour of duty in Iraq. Over 270...
Chemical Exposure in Iraq Claims Soldier
The death of an Indian National Guard member has been alleged to have been caused by a chemical exposure at an Iraq worksite. The terminal cancer of Lt. Colonel Jim Gentry, age 52, has been attributed to an exposure to sodium dichloride. ...
Compensation Benefits for Smokers
On the eve of the annual Great American Smokeout one needs to reflect on the inadequacy of the national workers' compensation to assist in this effort. For decades, the addictive habit of smoking has been treated as a non-compensable cause and ...
Breast Cancer Linked to Night Shift Work by Danish Compensation System
The Danish government has begun to pay compensation benefits to women who develop breast cancer after working night shifts and irregular work hours. So far approximately 40 women have received benefits according to BBC reports. The Danish agency reli...
Mother's Occupational Exposure to Pesticide Increases Child's Risk of Leukemia
A recent study by the McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment of the University of Ottawa finds that an increased risk of childhood leukemia is associated with the mother's exposure at work to pesticides."Childhood leukemia was associ...
Soldiers Exposed to Chromium in Iraq File Suit
Soldiers who have been exposed to hexavalent chromium, a carcinogen, have filed suit against a government contractor. The present and former soldiers have brought a claims against KBR (Kellogg, Brown & Root), a subsidiary of Halliburton, for con...
Pittsburg Corning to Plans to Pay Asbestos Victims $825 Million
PPG Industries (Pittsburg Corning Corp.) and its insurers plan to pay out millions of dollars to victims of asbestos disease. In a bankruptcy reorganization plan filed with the Court for its approval, it was announced that PPG intended to pay out $8...
