The Hayes Firm Legal Blog

Posted November 12, 2009 The Clarion Post   A Warren County jury has awarded $7.6 million to a former sandblaster who developed severe silicosis.    The verdict is the first silicosis case to go to a jury in Mississippi.    Robert Eastman sandblasted for about 25 years at Marathon Letourneau in Vicksburg and used Mississippi [...]

           Do you work in the farming industry or in mining, construction or wrecking and demolition?  Do you have a chronic dry cough, shortness of breath, fever, weight loss, chest pain or nails with a bluish tint?  If so, you could have Silicosis.              Silicosis is a serious disease involving the lungs.  The main risk [...]