Those Affected by Asbestos Disease in Raritan Township, NJ Can Get Help From Lawyers With Decades of Experience

According to statistics from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), almost 4,000 men and women in the United States die each year from complications of asbestos-related diseases. Countless families turn to the asbestos lawyers at Weitz & Luxenberg to help them to seek compensation from the companies responsible for their illnesses, and we can help those in Raritan Township, NJ.

Even those who have been exposed to asbestos on a limited basis have been diagnosed with serious diseases such as mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer and asbestosis.

Asbestos illnesses have a decades-long latency period (the time between exposure and when symptoms of an illness appear). This latency period means that someone who may have worked around asbestos products while a teenager or young adult is at the same risk to to develop an asbestos disease as someone who worked around asbestos products during their entire career.

Those at risk for exposure to asbestos include those who work in building and construction trades; power plant or refinery workers; and mechanics who repair brakes for cars, trucks or trains.

Family members of these workers are also at risk, as they can develop asbestos disease by second hand exposure. Many lawsuits are filed each year by the spouses and children who were exposed by merely washing work clothes covered in asbestos-containing dusts.

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