Big Time Money in Asbestos Cases
There are always two sides to every story. We all know about the big time money that was tossed around in asbestos court cases. The defendants in that scenario have been raising their voices about being treated unfairly and that they themselves were the actual victims in many cases.
Do you remember that case just a few months back ago? There was a company in Georgia who was ordered to pay out close to $ 100 Million Dollars in asbestos settlement compensation fees. That company decided to countersue his health care professionals and associated laboratories of fraud.
This was certainly not for the first time that a previously convicted company decided to start a lawsuit themselves, seeking some of the compensation money back it was previously order to pay out to former employees who developed Mesothelioma. In 1995 a huge asbestos manufacturer did try exactly that but after months of fighting in court, it eventually agreed to a confidentiality agreement in order to avoid further charges.
And probably all of us heard of other things, like lawyers bribing doctors or hospital staff members in order to obtain tweaked reports which they could then use in their cases to their favor, too.
This, of course, is illegal. There are numerous clinical studies that suggest that up to 4 % of all workers who had been exposed to asbestos at some point in their lives are likely to eventually suffer from an asbestos induced lung disease, such as cancer of the lung or Mesothelioma.
“Mesothelioma cases are a very lucrative enterprise nowadays.” That’s what I read the other day in an online article. Well, I can see why. $ 52,000 on average is the amount of money that is involved in each claim related to asbestos induced sicknesses.
I know what I’m talking about. I was diagnosed with Renal Cell Carcinoma (kidney cancer) in October of 2009. Seven months before that, my wife receive her breast cancer diagnosis. We are lucky to have relatively good health care insurance plan coverage. However, we still end up with monthly out of pocket expenses that are regularly over $ 4,000.
I mention this because it upsets me, that because of some ruthless and greedy people, we as the people cant’ get a hold of our medical costs. It doesn’t matter if you have Mesothelioma or any other cancer, or diabetes or just a bad cold. We all have to deal with the astronomically high costs for drugs and medical treatment.
Artificially blown up court, asbestos lawyer fees due to mischief – on either the defendant or plaintiff’s side – will ultimately affect health insurance costs. And guess who will have to pay for that? That’s right, you and I. And I don’t know about your situation, but as for me, I know for a fact that I already paid more than enough.
The author of this article was diagnosed with Kidney Cancer. On his website he features a blog about the top mesothelioma lawyers and provides details on asbestos claims and the huge amounts of money involved.
Tags: asbestos, asbestos cases, Cancer, health, lawyers, mesothelioma, mesothelioma lawyers