Asbestos Fibers – Silent Invisible Killers
When it comes to protecting yourself and your loved ones from harm, asbestos fibers pose a challenging and very lethal threat. If there’s a flame under a pot on the stove, you avoid putting your hand in that flame. If you are chopping vegetables with a sharp knife, you keep the sharp edge away from […]
Read MoreJudge Decides Asbestos Lawsuit Should Go to Trial
An old laboratory parts catalog provided an Alameda County Superior Court judge with sufficient evidence to enable Kazan Law clients James and Louise Leonard to take a step towards justice with their asbestos lawsuit. Judge Jo-Lynne Q. Lee decided that their case Leonard v. Avantor Performance Materials, Inc., et al., (Alameda County Superior Court Case […]
Read MoreKazan Law Helps Sponsor USS Hornet Lunar Landing Anniversary
When the USS Hornet picked up astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. and Michael Collins from the Pacific Ocean following the first lunar landing in July 1969, according to a local newspaper report, the crew welcomed them aboard with buttons that read “Hornet Plus Three.” Now one of the three, 84-year-old Aldrin will return […]
Read MoreWho Needs to Take Risk with an Asbestos Settlement?
This is a guest post by Patrick Collins of Schultz Collins Lawson Chambers, Inc., the firm we hired to advise us on how to handle Kazan Law’s pension funds, our charitable foundation’s funds, and that some of our partners hired to advise them on personal money management. The horrible byproduct of taking investment risk with […]
Read MoreProving Previous Employers In An Asbestos Lawsuit
One of the most important pieces of proof needed for a successful asbestos lawsuit is proof that you worked in a place where you were exposed to asbestos. If you have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, it is absolutely because you were exposed to asbestos. Asbestos causes mesothelioma. It starts when asbestos fibers, so tiny they […]
Read MoreKazan Law Partner Frank Fernandez Honored By La Raza Centro Legal
Kazan Law is proud to announce that our partner and colleague Francis “Frank” E. Fernandez has been honored by San Francisco La Raza Centro Legal, a group he helped found in 1973 while he was still in law school. La Raza Centro Legal is a community-based legal organization dedicated to empowering Latino, immigrant and low-income […]
Read MoreThe U.S. Asbestos Ban That Wasn’t
My sister Laurie Kazan-Allen, a global anti-asbestos advocate based in London, just reminded me that July 12 marked the 25th anniversary of the asbestos ban that wasn’t. On that date in 1989, the EPA issued the Asbestos Ban and Phase Out Rule. In 1981, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had requested information from […]
Read MoreKazan Law Wins Precedent-Setting California Supreme Court Victory in Ford Asbestos Case
As reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, the California Supreme Court has rejected Ford Motor Company’s petition for review of a published appellate decision in favor of Kazan Law clients Patrick and Sharon Scott (Scott v. Ford Motor Company (2014) 224 Cal.App.4th 1492). Mr. Scott’s mesothelioma cancer was caused by prolonged asbestos exposure from automotive […]
Read MoreKazan Law Attorney Frances Schreiberg Honored with Annual Award
A passionate Kazan Law attorney just received a special honor from a workers safety group and all of us at our mesothelioma law firm feel honored and proud. Frances Schreiberg, a longtime Kazan Law Of Counsel attorney who works on pro bono cases for us, has just had a new annual award launched in her honor. […]
Read MoreSeven of Kazan Law’s Asbestos Lawyers Named to Super Lawyers 2014
Top left: Steven Kazan, David McClain, Joseph Satterley, Gordon Greenwood. Bottom left: Justin Bosl, Michael Stewart, William Ruiz I am proud to announce that Super Lawyers, a national attorney rating service, has selected seven Kazan Law asbestos lawyers for their 2014 list: Gordon Greenwood: Super Lawyer 2004, 2006-2014 Steven Kazan: Super Lawyer 2004-2014 David […]
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