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| Former NYC Garment Industry Worker Wins Over $1.8 Million to Date in Mesothelioma Settlement |
A man who spent his life working for, and eventually owning, two dressmaking businesses in the New York City’s fashion district tragically discovered, many years too late, that asbestos materials used to insulate pipes and boilers in the factory pressing areas exposed him to the dangerous cancer-causing mineral, asbestos. |
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| Former NYC Sanitation Worker Wins Over $4.7 Million to Date in Mesothelioma Settlement |
For over 20 years, a New York City man who spent each day breathing in noxious fumes while collecting trash for the Department of Sanitation developed a serious form of asbestos cancer—not from what he could see and smell while on the job—but from the microscopic asbestos fibers from flaking insulation and vehicle brake repair work conducted at the Department’s garages. |
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| Former Projectionist Wins Over $2.3 Million to Date in Mesothelioma Settlement |
A New York City man who worked for more than 20 years as a professional projectionist for the airlines and in dozens of movie theaters in the New York metro region found out too late that asbestos insulation that was used on projector lamp wires exposed him to asbestos, a mineral that can lead to mesothelioma cancer and lung cancer. |
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| Over $2 Million Secured to Date in Mesothelioma Settlement for Family of New Yorker |
A lifelong Long Island, New York man who dedicated his life to his country, his family and his children tragically discovered that during his military service, while on the job at the phone company and even when performing home renovations and work on the family cars, he was exposed to asbestos, a dangerous mineral known to cause asbestos cancers such as lung cancer and mesothelioma. |
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| Over $4.5 Million Secured to Date in Mesothelioma Settlement for Family of NYC Plumber |
A life-long New Yorker who first started working for his father’s plumbing business in the 1950s was dealt a tragic blow when he was diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer more than 50 years after he was first exposed to asbestos on the job. |
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| Asbestos Shipyards |
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Certain jobs can lead to heavier asbestos exposure than others. One of these is the job of shipyard worker which was incredibly important to this country for both industry and protecting the United States during wartime in the United States Navy. Shipyard workers and veterans who served between World War II and the Korean War faced an extremely high chance of asbestos exposure. Asbestos made an ideal product for use in shipbuilding because it is highly resisitant to corrosion and heat. On ships, it has been used as insulation for boilers, incinerators, hot water pipes and steam pipes. As ships were being built, the asbestos dust tended to build up around these areas and other inadequately ventilated parts of the ship, which equated to higher exposure for the workers. Not only the shipbuilders, but the crews of those ships, the longshoreman, and the various other men and women who worked on board the ships, were heavily exposed to asbestos as well. Workers had no idea of the risk associated with asbestos and because of this no special precautions were taken to lessen exposure. Because of this, many shipyard workers run an increased risk of developing mesothelioma or other asbestos-related illnesses.
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