You will need to contact a mesothelioma lawyer in order to discuss your legal options and decide upon the best route for your case. Your mesothelioma attorney will need to determine whether or not your case is worth pursuing, and if so which direction it should take. You must also bear in mind that your mesothelioma attorney will need time to put together a solid case and do any necessary research which can be very time consuming. This, in addition to the stipulated time constraints, means that time is of the utmost importance in order to maximise the chances of filing a successful law suit. There are a number of different scenarios for mesothelioma lawsuits, which are listed below:

Product Liability : This is where you exposure to asbestos has been through the use of a specific product that was defective, allowing the dust and fibres from the asbestos to be ingested by you and thus causing cell corruption and abnormalities, ultimately resulting in mesothelioma and other asbestos relates diseases.

Professional Malpractice: This is for delay in treatment due to medical incompetence or negligence. However, you should remember that the symptoms of mesothelioma are non-specific which means that they are common symptoms in a wide range of other diseases. This makes mesothelioma very difficult to diagnose and your doctor should be made fully aware of your exposure to asbestos.

Worker Compensation: This is where you may have been exposed to asbestos through your job. Many people now in their sixties and seventies worked with asbestos thirty to fifty years ago and have now developed mesothelioma. The company that was responsible for this exposure can be sued for compensation. And even if the company has gone bankrupt, special federal laws mean that you may still be entitled to mesothelioma compensation.

Wrongful Death: This is where the victim of mesothelioma has already passed away and a member of the family is filing a lawsuit. Again, it is very important to seek legal assistance as early as possible as it can take time to put the case together and you must act within the limitations.


2004 Mesothelioma Case Settlements

June 2004
Age:77
Monies to Date: $2,000,000
Details: worked as an asbestos ceiling tile installer

June 2004
Age:77
Monies to Date: $1,300,000
Details: served as a seaman in the US Navy; worked as an engineer at an oil refinery

February 2004
Age: 53
Details: son of asbestos plant worker who assisted mother in laundering father's workclothes. Father was employed at CertainTeed Corporation's asbestos cement pipe plant in Ambler, PA. Son also played on CertainTeed's contaminated dump site directly across from the manufacturing plant.