Plumbers can receive financial compensation for their asbestos-related illnesses, and we can help

In 2006, George Byworth was in his early sixties when he went to the doctor complaining of back pain. He felt in good health, and expected nothing more than a knotted muscle or a slipped disk.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, George was shaking sweat from his eyebrows as he broke asbestos insulation off of a boiler in a dingy basement.

"When he was doing his apprenticeship in plumbing,” recalls George’s wife, “he told me they worked removing and installing boilers…He said they had to break all the asbestos off the boilers and the air used to be thick with dust."

What the asbestos companies never told George was that asbestos dust is highly toxic. One pinch of it can cause mesothelioma cancer (EWG) – an illness that pulmonary specialist Dr. Daniel DuPont states to be the most painful disease he has encountered.

In 2006, George Byworth , who had worked as a plumber for many years, was administered to a local hospital for further tests on his back pain.

“My husband was very fit and enjoyed good health…” says his wife.

In 2007, George diedof lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos (HeatingCentral).

George was another in a long line of plumbers who had perished due to asbestos exposure. In the 1960s, plumbers like George would show up to a job site early in the morning and work nearly all day on wrapping pipes with asbestos or working with pipes that had been slathered with asbestos cement. No one was given proper protective equipment, and no one even knew they needed it. Weitz & Luxenberg believes that the companies who knew that asbestos was harmful and let people such as yourself and George toil all day with a hazardous substance committed a grave injustice to the plumbers everywhere. We would like to help you receive compensation for your illness, and bring these companies to justice in the process. Read on to find out how financial compensation can help you, and why Weitz & Luxenberg are an excellent chose for legal representation.

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How and why to pursue financial compensation

Medical bills for mesothelioma alone can well exceed one-hundred thousand dollars. There have been times when a person’s medical bills can even hit one-million collectively. Insurance does not cover everything, and it certainly does not cover travel expenses, amount of lost income, and alternative forms of treatment. Financial compensation can cover all of these costs and more.

Pursuing financial compensation from asbestos companies is a complicated process that we can help make simpler. With the help of Weitz & Luxenberg, you can rest assure that we will help you stay on top of deadlines, organize your information, and make the legal processes more understandable in general.

Why choose Weitz & Luxenberg

Weitz & Luxenberg has been handling cases such as yours for over twenty years. More than 22,000 plumbers have come to us for help, and collectively we have secured more than $3 billion for our clients.

We have the resources and experience to uncover important documents that may help prove your case. We also have access to information previous locations that contained asbestos, and who put it there. This may prove to be very useful when pursuing compensation.

Finally, the attorneys at the asbestos corporations are tough. They will ask you deliberately confusing questions in order to invalidate your testimony. We can protect you from by raising objections to any unlawful lines of questioning.

Contact us directly for more reasons why we are an excellent chose to represent you in your financial compensation pursuit. We work on contingency, so we ask for no payment until a successful verdict or settlement is reached. We can also provide you with a free, legal consultation on your case. Fill out the form to get started.

Sources

HeatingCentral: http://www.heatingcentral.com/boilers/plumbers/news/99/asbestos-plumbers-foe

EWG: http://www.ewg.org/sites/asbestos/facts/fact3.php