EPA Ignores Those Most at Risk for Mesothelioma
Analyzing the potential of asbestos exposure for high-risk workers is essential for keeping them safe on the job. Unfortunately, those who are most likely to encounter asbestos will be left out of the Environmental Protection Agency‘s new risk analysis …
Suffering From Mesothelioma? Your Employer Might be to Blame
The narrative around asbestos is fraught with corporate interests and influence. Before the public understood the associated risks, many corporations were fully aware of the dangers but chose to conceal that information. Even now, some South Carolina businesses limit the …
New Device Could Detect Asbestos in The Air
Asbestos is a material that cannot be seen or smelled, but that doesn’t mean it’s not dangerous. Asbestos wreaks havoc on the human body. Individuals who were exposed to asbestos decades ago may go on to develop mesothelioma later in …
Welder Blames Former Employer for Asbestos Exposure
Working with or around asbestos is dangerous, and South Carolina employers should always be certain that they provide workers with the proper safety gear, training and knowledge to do so safely. Sadly, many workplaces conceal this type of important information, …
Back-to-school Shopping with a Side of Asbestos Exposure?
Back-to-school time is an exciting period for parents and children alike. South Carolina families are usually focused on clothes shopping and buying new supplies in the weeks leading up to the start of the new term. Few, however, have asbestos …
Wells Fargo Under Fire For 401(k) Rollover Practices
RPWB attorneys are investigating claims that Wells Fargo may have advised people rolling over their 401(k) retirement plans to invest in alternative investments in order to earn higher fees and commissions.
These 401(k) rollovers have caught the attention of federal …
First Three Abilify Gambling Cases Settle
In April, the makers of Abilify settled the first three bellwether cases that were scheduled to go to trial this past June.
Judge M. Casey Rodgers also ordered both sides to begin work on the framework for a global settlement …
RPWB Accepting DePuy Elbow Implant Cases
RPWB attorneys are representing patients who had to replace their faulty DePuy Synthes elbow implant, a defective medical device that was pulled from the market years ago yet it still causing problems.
In late 2016, the DePuy Synthes elbow implant …
16 RPWB attorneys named to Best Lawyers List
CHARLESTON – Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman was again recognized as South Carolina’s top-listed plaintiff law firm for product liability cases and mass tort/class actions by The Best Lawyers in America® in their 2019 edition released in August 2018.
In …
Should I be worried about one-time asbestos exposure?
Most people are aware of the dangers of asbestos. And most people would be justifiably concerned if they were exposed to asbestos.
This is what happened after a steam pipe exploded in New York City’s Flatiron District in July. Asbestos …