Mother and electrical engineer son died of mesothelioma. Have our attorneys help you file an asbestos claim.

A retired social worker died from mesothelioma just three years after her son, an electrical engineer, passed away from the same asbestos-related disease, reported the Guardian on June 9, 2008.

According to the Guardian report, the woman had never worked in a factory and did not know where she had come in contact with the deadly carcinogen, asbestos.

The woman's other son told a court his mother and brother may have inhaled asbestos fibers while dismantling and fixing a storage heater in their home 30 years earlier.

Sadly, such exposure, which takes place during home renovation and repair, is very common.

The cancer mesothelioma affects the lining of the lung, lining of the abdominal cavity or lining around the heart.

Sadly, people typically live just 18 months after their diagnosis.

The disease occurs in people who breath in asbestos fibers--thought that exposure in many cases is 20 to 50 or more years earlier.

Unfortunately, this situation is all too familiar to the attorneys in the Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. Asbestos Litigation unit here in the United States.

We are a leading plaintiffs' law firm that has represented people affected by mesothelioma for over 20 years. Men and women diagnosed with mesothelioma or lung cancer caused by asbestos 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.