When a loved one falls ill from toxic asbestos exposure, and develops a deadly disease, the entire family suffers, and may experience great emotional and financial hardship as a result of outstanding medical expenses and a permanent loss of wages. This is the case for thousands of Americans each year who lose a family member to mesothelioma and other asbestos-related illnesses. Electricians and other hardworking Americans faced decades of asbestos exposure without knowing they were at risk.
According to the American Cancer Society, each year in the United States around 3,000 new cases of mesothelioma are diagnosed. These new cancer cases cause an immense amount of pain and suffering, and even though asbestos is not as widely used in American industry as it once was, new cancer cases continue to surface because the latency period of toxic asbestos fibers in the lungs causing cancer can be as long as 40 years.
Even today, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 100,000 people die each year from mesothelioma and other asbestos-related disease, resulting from past occupational exposures. Evidence suggests there is no safe level of asbestos exposure.
Family members who have suffered along with the asbestos victim may be entitled to compensation and may have a rightful claim against an employer for negligence and failing to provide a safe work environment for injured employees.
Joe Lyon is a highly-rated Cincinnati Asbestos lawyer representing plaintiffs nationwide in a wide variety of toxic tort, electrician asbestos exposure and mesothelioma claims. Contact an experienced attorney if a family member developed a deadly disease from electrician asbestos exposure.
Electrician Asbestos Illness
- Mesothelioma Cancer
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Lung Cancer
- Asbestosis
- Adenocarcinoma
Occupational Asbestos Exposure
Not too long ago, asbestos was widely used in the majority of America’s factories, plants, warehouses, shipyards because of its flame-resistant and efficient insulating properties.
Asbestos was still used for decades after medical experts discovered the deadly effects on the human body for those regularly exposed. Many of the following types of jobs exposed workers to toxic asbestos in the last 80 years:
- Steel Workers
- Railroad Workers
- Cement Workers
- Shipyard Workers
- Auto Plant employees
- Demolition workers
- Auto mechanics
- Boilermakers
- Bricklayers
- Shipbuilders
- Carpenters
- Drywall workers
- Electricians
- Furnace workers
- Insulators
- Iron workers
- Longshoremen
- Maintenance Crews
- Merchant marines
- Millwrights
- Pipefitters & Plumbers
- Painters
- Plasterers
- Roofers
Electricians Asbestos Lawsuits
Surviving family members may seek benefits through established asbestos bankruptcy trusts, or through civil asbestos claims aimed at the companies responsible for exposing workers to toxic asbestos fibers for many years.
Asbestos wrongful death lawsuits can recover millions of dollars for families who suffered a great loss, help pay for medical expenses, and help rebuild a life after the wrongful death of a loved one.
If a spouse or family member died due to electrician asbestos exposure in the workplace, you are entitled to take legal action and seek compensation. You should contact an experienced attorney, and should not be intimidated by filing a claim against a corporation.
If any company contributed to the death of a family member, the company should be held accountable. Asbestos settlements can follow a diagnosis of mesothelioma, pulmonary fibrosis, lung cancer or asbestosis.
