http://canceriscured.com Cancer is Cured Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:45:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [ad#content] The issues of asbestos exposure and asbestos-related disease, such as mesothelioma, are linked closely to corporate accountability. Or, I should say, a lack of corporate accountability. Exposure to asbestos nearly always happens in the workplace, from handling products contaminated with asbestos, or from environmental contamination resulting from mining or man-made ... http://canceriscured.com/corporate-accountability-and-the-sec/ [ad#content] Health care, insurance costs, and the right to sue for damages in court are all especially critical issues to people suffering from asbestos-related diseases, such as mesothelioma. Advocates for “tort reform” — which usually caps damages and places restrictions on filing personal injury lawsuits — claim that these limitations on ... http://canceriscured.com/we-need-insurance-industry-reform-not-tort-reform/ [ad#content] Oklahoma has new “tort reform” law, and now John Brock, the chairman of Oklahomans for Lawsuit Reform, wants Oklahomans to know that prosperity is just around the corner. “The new law will substantially reduce the cost of living in Oklahoma because of the savings in products and services that will ... http://canceriscured.com/the-tort-number-crunch/ [ad#content] Health care reform surely will be welcome by uninsured Americans, including those with mesothelioma and other asbestos-related disease. But we’re going to have quite a fight on our hands to get it passed. Recently some Republicans in Congress reluctantly admitted that Americans genuinely want health care reform. So, rather than just ... http://canceriscured.com/a-republican-health-care-plan/ [ad#content] If the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) were human, it would be on life support. Few give it much hope of passage in the current Congress, especially with the much-misunderstood “card check” provision in place. But it isn’t dead, yet. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) has threatened to ... http://canceriscured.com/efca-not-dead-yet/ [ad#content] North Carolina is one of a handful of states with “contributory negligence” laws. This means that if a claimant is found to be even 1 percent responsible for his own accident, he cannot collect damages in court. But this week the North Carolina House moved to change the law to ... http://canceriscured.com/more-rights-for-the-injured-in-north-carolina/ [ad#content] Let’s see — a star witness who flirted with perjury and prosecutors who withheld evidence — the W.R. Grace trial? Yes, but it’s also a description of the Ted Stevens trial, which was also prosecuted by U.S. attorneys appointed by President George W. Bush. This may mean nothing, or it ... http://canceriscured.com/wr-grace-trial-echoing-ted-stevens-proceedings/ [ad#content] Recap: This is the fourth post in a series. Part I explains that “tort reform” — an idea being pushed by conservatives as the cure for many economic problems, including high health care costs — has never delivered the promised results, yet conservatives keep making the promises. Part II documents ... http://canceriscured.com/the-truth-about-health-care-and-tort-reform-part-iv/ [ad#content] Recap: This is the third post in a series. Part I explains that “tort reform” — an idea being pushed by conservatives as the cure for many economic problems, including high health care costs — has never delivered the promised results, yet conservatives keep making the promises. Part II documents ... http://canceriscured.com/the-truth-about-health-care-and-tort-reform-part-iii/ [ad#content] In the days after the W.R. Grace verdict there appears to be plenty of blame to go around. Some fault the prosecutors. But Canda Harbaugh writes for The Western News that some Libby residents are angry at the judge, U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy. “’When you have a judge like Molloy,’ ... http://canceriscured.com/the-grace-verdict-was-the-judge-at-fault/