Mesothelioma Attorneys Help with Diagnosis of Asbestos Lung Cancer
When clients hear the diagnosis “mesothelioma” and are asked by their doctor, “Were you ever exposed to asbestos?” the client often responds, “Not that I know of.” Many times, our clients do not know if they have been exposed to asbestos because many products were made with asbestos but the people using them did not have any knowledge that of it.
Today, any time you buy a product, there is a label that lists every ingredient and usually has warning signs. Decades ago, during the time when many recently diagnosed clients were exposed to asbestos, products were not sold with these types of labels. Many people who worked in construction during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s were unaware that asbestos was in wall texturing products, joint compounds, wallboard, ceiling tiles, acoustic sprays, floor tiles, vent flues, pipe wrapping, roofing materials, among other products.
In addition, many clients never worked with asbestos-containing products directly but lived in a household with a family member who were exposed to asbestos at work and wore their dirty work clothes home, contaminating the family home with harmful asbestos fibers. Cases of women or younger people diagnosed with mesothelioma are usually from such second hand exposure to asbestos in the home.
When our clients turn to us for assistance, we conduct a thorough interview and obtain information about where they lived, who they lived with, what they did for a living, and what the occupations, hobbies and activities of the people they lived with were. Through this process we are able to uncover our clients’ exposure history. Through this process we even learn that some of our clients exposures to asbestos started in their childhood, well before they had any appreciation of the danger they were in.
If you have any symptoms of mesothelioma, please consult with a doctor immediately. For support through the legal process, call our mesothelioma lawyers who specialize in handling only asbestos lawsuits at 1-888-855-9052.
