1976 News Clip Highlights 1st Wave of Asbestos Lawsuits in the Bay Area
If you were playing a trivia game and were asked, “What company is the one most associated with asbestos lawsuits?” The answer of course, would be Johns Manville. But there was a time not too long ago when not many people aside from employees and shareholders knew the name Johns Manville. And asbestos lawsuits […]
Read MoreKazan Law’s $27 Million Mesothelioma Verdict Makes National Law Journal’s Top 100 Verdicts for 2013
Here at our asbestos law firm, when we are working with a client who is suffering from malignant mesothelioma due to unlawful asbestos exposure, that client is our focus. Because of the terrible wrong done to them and their family, their time is limited. Their life has been cut short and we take it upon […]
Read MoreKazan Law Proud to Continue Support for Philip A. Harley Memorial Mock Trial Competition
Here at Kazan Law our top priority is seeking justice for our clients who are asbestos exposure victims. A big part of doing that is taking a big picture approach that encompasses the past, the present, and the future. We fight hard for our clients in the present but we hope there will be no […]
Read MoreFAIR Act Would Have Been Unfair to Asbestos Victims
As we celebrate Kazan Law’s 40th anniversary with “Throwback Thursday” posts about the firm’s history, I recall a time not too long ago when the firm almost ceased to exist. Powerful corporate interests fueled a push for federal legislation that would have made all asbestos law firms extinct. And Kazan Law, one of the best […]
Read MoreWho Can File an Asbestos Lawsuit?
Who can sue for asbestos exposure? The truth is just about anyone. The more important question to ask is who can file an asbestos lawsuit and win? Anyone can sign papers and pay a filing fee at a courthouse. And if you want a lawyer, you can always find a lawyer who is willing to […]
Read MoreWhy You Need a POLST if You Have Malignant Mesothelioma
Doctor’s office forms, hospital test forms, insurance forms. When you have malignant mesothelioma, you get handed lots of clipboards and wind up filling out lots of forms. But there is one form you need to make your sure you fill out. That’s the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment known as the POLST. As a patient […]
Read MoreSome Things Still Ring True After Four Decades of Asbestos Litigation
This month Kazan Law celebrates four decades of obtaining justice for asbestos victims. To commemorate the occasion, we are taking a look at the firm’s history to participate in our own unique way in social media’s Throwback Thursday. In my last post, I talked about how I founded Kazan Law in March 1974 when as […]
Read MoreKazan Law Celebrates 40 Years of Fighting for Mesothelioma Victims
This week our firm Kazan Law, one of the top asbestos litigation firms in the US, celebrates its 40th year fighting for mesothelioma victims and winning precedent-setting verdicts. To commemorate the occasion here’s a look back to how Kazan Law began. Forty years ago, the workers at the Johns-Manville plant in Lompoc, California didn’t […]
Read MoreAsbestos Exposure Risk Places Construction Work #2 Among “The 5 Jobs Most Likely to Make You Sick”
Asbestos exposure often is thought of as something from the past. The average age for a diagnosed victim of mesothelioma, the malignant lung cancer caused by asbestos exposure, is 60 years old. And for those diagnosed with mesothelioma, their asbestos exposure did occur in the past because asbestos symptoms do not show up for 20 […]
Read MoreKazan Law Firm Foundation Ranks Among Top Donors for Season of Sharing Fund
As attorneys who specialize in asbestos cases, we work daily with clients facing enormous tragedies due to circumstances beyond their control. Most of these people are coping with malignant mesothelioma brought on by work-related asbestos exposure and because of this our firm’s foundation makes it a priority to donate to mesothelioma research. But our exposure […]
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