About a decade ago, people who have been exposed to asbestos started showing the first symptoms of Mesothelioma. (Abatement as well.). Since then, many doctors specialized in mesothelioma which is the disease caused by asbestos, have made great fortunes out of the people's need for health advice. Some of them accumulate richness fairly and clean, some others took advantage of the situation and got involved in the dirty business. One of them is Dr. Ray A. Harron.
Right now, Dr. Harron is 73 years old. In the middle of the 70's and beginning of the 80's, the doctor found out that it was much more lucrative to dedicate his time to the reading of 150 X-rays a day, at $125 a piece, than to treat patients. Later on, his reports supported claims for more than 75,000 people looking for compensation for lung injury caused by the inhalation of asbestos. It is calculated that he earned millions of dollars over the years due to this work.
Dr. Harron has recently faced serious accusations due to the above mentioned. The lawyers who took on this case consider that, far beyond a professional rendering an independent opinion, the doctor played an important role as a tool to support and produce multibillion-dollar lawsuit machine. They affirm that Dr. Harron's evaluations were unreliable and fraudulent. His medical reports were crucial for thousands of claims. Nevertheless, he has not acknowledged any wrongdoing; he fiercely defends his work.
Litigation involving asbestos has become a huge business. In the last 30 years, more than 700,000 claims have been filed and around $40 billion has been spent on asbestos litigation. The main worry in this case is that Dr. Harron is not and has not been the only one making good profits out of fraud and lies.