mesothelioma

Dr. Mary S. Roberts, a retired Baltimore psychologist who earlier had been ob-gyn, died Nov. 19 from mesothelioma at her home in the Warrington Codominiums in Guilford. She was 86.

Maryland’s highest court is weighing whether to give workers who were sickened by asbestos exposure more time to sue their employers.

Doctors say more research is needed to treat people with rare cancer related to asbestos

Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos donated $2.5 million to MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center to establish a lung disease treatment center in his name.

Dr. Jocelyn A. Farrar, who realized a lifetime dream of becoming a nurse and spent nearly four decades living it, died Saturday of mesothelioma at her home in Isle of Palms, S.C. She was 61. University of Maryland.

Lewis E. Porter, a retired civil engineer who designed roads for the Baltimore County Department of Public Works, died May 18 from mesothelioma at his Wiltondale home. He was 75.

An effort by attorneys to revive and consolidate more than 13,000 lawsuits filed by people who contend they were sickened by absestos was met with sharp objections Monday morning by lawyers for potential defendants, who told a Baltimore judge that the strategy – which made a fortune for the Law Firm of Peter Angelos previously – was an unworkable and unfair way to handle cases that are languishing.

This week, combatants at Baltimore's City Hall went the litigious route, taking their squabbles to court

Baltimore's Housing Authority has repeatedly refused to pay court-ordered damages to now grown-up children poisoned by lead in the public housing units they grew up in. The victims' lawyers now are trying to seize the authority's assets.