Mesothelioma Patients Take Manufacturers to Court
Mesothelioma is an aggressive form of cancer that affects predominantly the lining of the lungs (pleural mesothelioma) or abdomen (peritoneal mesothelioma). Most cases of the disease are caused by excessive exposure to a carcinogenic mineral fiber called asbestos–exposure that in most cases was preventable.
Anyone who developed an asbestos-related disease because of exposure – particularly because of occupational exposure – has legitimate grounds to consider a mesothelioma lawsuit against the manufacturers of asbestos products related to the exposure.
The dangers of asbestos to human health were known for decades by manufacturers and others in the asbestos industry, yet those dangers were not publicized. That failure led to a massive U.S. asbestos tort, one that permits people who develop mesothelioma to file lawsuits in the hope of being compensated for getting a cancer that never should have happened.
Starting in the 1960s, companies that manufactured asbestos products and those that permitted their installation were hit with thousands of mesothelioma lawsuits from employees, consumers and families. Time and again, juries found that asbestos companies acted “with malice” by covering up the dangers of asbestos.
Not surprisingly, people diagnosed with mesothelioma often begin litigation against these negligent companies to compensate them and their families for mounting medical bills, pain, suffering and loss of quality of life.
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