March 2, 2010

Anyone who has worked in the boatbuilding industry, in ship repair, or even in ship loading and unloading before the 1980s, is therefore at risk of having been affected by asbestos exposure, and has an increased chance of developing mesothelioma.

February 26, 2010

According to an Environmental Report to the Senate in 2007, 10,000 people die in the United States each year as a consequence of past exposure to asbestos.

Widely used in many industries since the 1940s, asbestos is still an essential component in the structures of power plants, both in America and abroad.

 If you have been diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer and seek a free case review on your eligibility to obtain restitution, please notify us through the communication form on this page. Last month, we obtained a $1.28M settlement in an asbestos case for another carpenter with mesothelioma.

February 5, 2010 -- The TV series “30 Rock” may be an Emmy Award winner, but Rockefeller Center, a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres between 48^th and 51^st streets in New York City, won no prizes for worker health safety 50 years ago when an asbestos-injured client of the firm plied his trade there as an in-house carpenter, only to succumb to mesothelioma cancer.

Weitz & Luxenberg – long recognized in New York’s legal community for obtaining record-setting verdicts and settlements for asbestos-injured clients – urges all homeowners to consult a professional asbestos abatement contractor before attempting home renovations in households constructed before 1980.

February 3, 2010 – Asbestos-containing home appliances can lead to serious health risks, but the most dangerous household asbestos exposure occur during home renovation projects.

About 90,000 people die worldwide every year from asbestos exposure, the World Health Organization estimates.

The plight of the factory worker

Queens County in New York City has the worst record for asbestos disease in New York state, ranking No. 9 on a list of the Top 100 counties in the nation with the greatest incidence of asbestos-related deaths, according to a study by the EWG Action Fund, a non-profit environmental research group based in Washington, D.C.

January 21, 2010 – A Brooklyn-born carpenter who spent his entire 30-year career renovating and beautifying such New York City landmarks as Yankee Stadium and the Empire State Building was diagnosed last February with mesothelioma, a job-related cancer contracted through regular inhalation of airborne asbestos fibers.

Client depositions offer a window into the past, when New York construction workers handled building products made of asbestos on a daily basis, unprotected by masks, uniforms and partitions that New York City asbestos regulations require today.

 Weitz & Luxenberg has protected the legal rights of workers for two decades – longer than most law firms in the nation. And in that time the firm's mesothelioma lawyers have won several billion dollars in verdicts and settlements for clients.

January 22, 2010 - Construction industry asbestos sprayers often put fellow tradesmen at risk for developing cancers like mesothelioma, an occupational disease linked to work-site inhalation of airborne asbestos fibers.
Mesothelioma kills 90,000 people worldwide and 3,000 people in the United States every year, according to the World Health Organization.

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