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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The law firm Simon Greenstone Panatier, PC, filed a counterclaim today in federal court alleging violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and other claims against asbestos gasket manufacturer Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC. The counterclaim is asserted in response to a January 2014 RICO…

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – An Alabama federal judge has awarded a significant judgment to the family of a woman who died from the lung disease mesothelioma after inhaling asbestos fibers for decades while washing her husband’s work clothes. Mesothelioma is a rare cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. For 22 years,…

DALLAS, Texas – The nationally recognized trial law firm Simon Greenstone Panatier, PC, is offering a total of $50,000 in annual scholarships for the second straight year to help further the education of Dallas County students whose lives have been disrupted by cancer. The Simon Greenstone Panatier Scholarship of Communities…

DALLAS and AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House of Representatives will vote Friday on legislation that benefits asbestos manufacturers and penalizes victims who are dying from exposure to asbestos. If the bill passes, victims of mesothelioma and other diseases caused by asbestos will suffer devastating consequences, according to Dallas attorney…

DALLAS, Jan. 20, 2015 — Newly unsealed court documents in the bankruptcy of Garlock Sealing Technologies discredit allegations previously leveled by Garlock against nationally recognized trial law firm Simon Greenstone Panatier, PC, the firm said today. In January 2014, Garlock filed under seal a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO)…