If your brakeman job resulted in an asbestos related cancer such as mesothelioma, our attorneys can help.

A brakeman is a freight or passenger train crew member who inspects the train and assists the conductor. Before the transition from steam- to diesel-powered locomotives during the 1950s, many railroad workers were at risk for significant occupational exposure to asbestos.

Older workers whose jobs entailed repairing steam locomotives had the most exposure.

This is because asbestos was a common ingredient used in a variety of industrial products, including lubricants for train wheels and brakes.

Many decades ago, it was discovered that breathing asbestos or swallowing it could cause lung cancer as much as 30 years later.

Now, many who held the role of brakeman and many other railroad jobs, have health concerns.

Many who held the role of brakeman, who worked on tracks and repaired box cars have come forward to say their work environment led to a diagnosis of mesothelioma, asbestosis or lung cancer from asbestos.

If this has been your experience, our asbestos lawyers may be able to help you receive compensation for your health problems.

For over two decades, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. has handled some of the most legally complicated and groundbreaking asbestos litigation in the country, winning many millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements along the way.

Men and women diagnosed with mesothelioma or lung cancer caused by asbestos exposure or secondary exposure may be entitled to compensation from the companies responsible for their disease.

If you would like a free consultation or more information about your legal options, please complete the form on this page, and a representative of our law firm will contact you as soon as possible.