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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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| Carpenter to New York City landmarks obtains $1.28 million compensation for job-related asbestos exposure that led to mesothelioma cancer |
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Less than one year after his diagnosis, Weitz & Luxenberg secured a $1.28 million settlement for the 77-year-old unionized carpenter, his wife and six children. Prior to this settlement, he also received $842,000 from another defendant.
Mesothelioma carpenter
The construction sites that this gentleman worked at (and where he encountered asbestos toxins) reads like a New York City tour guide book. As a member of a Long Island local carpenter’s union between 1958 and 1988, his work took him to the Empire State Building, Yankee Stadium, the World Trade Center, the Verrazano Bridge and JFK Airport.
According to his deposition, there were dozens of other commercial work sites where he, as a carpenter, came in contact with asbestos and asbestos-made products. In addition to the above locations, he testified that occupational asbestos exposure also occurred during renovation work in dozens of New York City public schools, where he cut asbestos-containing sheetrock, and remembers “dust flying in the air,” he said.
Empire State Building
As a foreman at the Empire State Building, his crew cut and installed fireproof ceiling tiles made of asbestos, while working around asbestos-wrapped steam pipes. “Working up in the ceilings, putting the grid up, we had steam pipes going through there with the asbestos wrapped on them. I bumped into them once in a while and saw dust,” he said.
Yankee Stadium
As a foreman at Yankee Stadium, he supervised renovation work, building new counters, partitions and drop ceilings at the refreshment stands “and all over the stadium,” he said. Asbestos exposure occurred as dust flew off during the cutting of fireproof (asbestos) ceiling and floor tiles.
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