Navy Veterans: Is your cancer caused by asbestos exposure? Discuss your case with a mesothelioma attorney.

Engineers and other Navy occupations risked inhaling asbestos dust and fibers. Seek lawsuit compensation for cancer.

In recent news about the incidence of cancer among Navy veterans, a woman recently told a newspaper that her husband died of mesothelioma cancer at 67.

She said that he joined the Navy as an engineer in the boiler rooms and he worked with asbestos.

According to his Navy friends, they often worked with little protection and were constantly breathing in the asbestos dust, which medical studies have indicated definitively causes cancer.

Health care workers have noted that asbestos related deaths appear decades after exposure, and that even Navy wives who washed the overalls coated with asbestos are developing lung ailments and cancers.

Many people were exposed to asbestos while serving as a boiler tenders or engineers aboard warships in the Navy.

Such a job entailed tending boilers to produce steam or high-temperature water for use. It also involved making minor repairs or assisting in repair to boiler room equipment.

Unfortunately, such equipment often contained asbestos and working with it increased the risk of breathing in the deadly asbestos dust.

Many Navy veterans 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, we may be able to help.

For over two decades, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. has handled some of the most legally complicated and groundbreaking asbestos litigation in the country.

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.