“Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” It’s an old children’s rhyme that psychologists today say is wildly inaccurate. The truth is that words can hurt: just look at the recent news stories about teen suicides caused by verbal online bullying. It’s plain to see the harm caused by [...]
Every year we approach Workers’ Memorial Day with mixed feelings. As a law firm that has represented tens of thousands of injured workers over the last 30 plus years, we certainly understand the need for this day and are glad for the recognition of the fallen. But there’s another side of us too – a [...]
Let’s say you have mesothelioma, a cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, and you live in California. It goes without saying that you are very ill and probably getting special treatments from various medical specialists. But what if you choose, despite your fatigue and pain, to fight the companies that willfully exposed you to asbestos, [...]
ADAO co-founders Linda Reinstein and Doug Larkin with Barbara McQueen, Jordan Zevon and Baron and Budd’s representatives. March 30 – April 1 was the eighth annual Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) conference and Baron & Budd’s third time to attend as an event sponsor. Every conference has been eye-opening but we have to say this [...]