Asbestosis Complications

We can help those with asbestosis from exposure to asbestos in New York State.

Asbestosis Complications: The severity of asbestosis is generally related to the amount and duration of exposure to asbestos.

Effects of the disease may be so mild as to cause almost no symptoms.

Or the condition may create such a reduced flow of oxygen as to be disabling or even fatal.

Asbestosis may lead to the following conditions:

High blood pressure in your lungs
Heart problems
Lung cancer
Other lung damage
Other cancer

People with asbestosis often develop the disease after exposure to asbestos from occupations in construction, shipbuilding, automotive repair, steelwork and boiler-tending. Tragically, many employers failed to warn their workers of the dangers of exposure or to provide them with appropriate protective clothing.

Weitz & Luxenberg is known for spearheading asbestosis, mesothelioma and lung cancer cases, most recently achieving a $16.25 million verdict in June 2008 in an asbestos lawsuit involving a former dental student who developed mesothelioma. Our client had been exposed to asbestos dust while making castings by carving wax replicas of teeth using asbestos-containing dental tape. The litigation is believed to be the first successful asbestos verdict against a dental supply company.

The firm secured a $37 million asbestos verdict last year in two lung cancer cases in a reverse bifurcated trial.

If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with asbestosis, please complete the form on this page for a free legal review.