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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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Shifting Occupational Claim Responsibility to Social Security
Recent Workers' Compensation reforms enacted in the 1990's are more likely to effect older workers who are then more likely to to apply for Social Security Disability Benefits (SSDI). The reforms are now causing an enor...
A New Test for Mesothelioma Reported
A team of scientists at Oxford University have reported a more accurate and less invasive test to diagnose mesothelioma. The findings have been reported in a recent edition of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. The test ...
President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate David Michaels Assistant Secretary for the OSHA
President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate David Michaels, Assistant Secretary for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor. David Michaels, PhD, MPH, is an epidemiologist and is currently Research Profe...
Texas State Senate Passes Bill Establishing Causation Proof in Mesothelioma Claims
The Texas State Senate has passed legislation that will ease the proof in mesothelioma claims.The bill establishes a standard requiring that a claimant prove that a defendant's product or conduct was a substantial factor in causing an injury and ...
US Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Manville Asbestos Bankruptcy Plan
The US Supreme Court once again hear oral argument in a claim arising out of "the longest running tort" in the nation's history, asbestos litigation. The case played to a full house as the Court revisited the 1986 Johns Manville Bankruptcy program an...
WR Grace Officials on Trial
The focus of litigation against WR Grace has now shifted to the civil courts in a trial against 5 former company officials for damages resulting from the death and harm caused its former workers. In Libby Montana, WR Grace mined asbestos (vemiculite)...
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...
