MESOTHELIOMA CAUSE
3,000 cases of mesothelioma are diagnosed every year in the United States

What is the cause of mesothelioma?

Weitz & Luxenberg has protected the legal rights of workers for 25 years – longer than most law firms in the nation. And in that time the firm's mesothelioma lawyers have obtained several billion dollars in verdicts and settlements for clients.

The primary cause of mesothelioma is occupational asbestos exposure.

July 15, 2009 – An overwhelming body of scientific and medical evidence has proven that the primary cause of malignant mesothelioma is exposure to asbestos.

The exact method by which asbestos causes mesothelioma is still being researched, but medical professionals understand that asbestos fibers, when inhaled, cause irritation and inflammation of the cell wall lining the lungs and other organs.

This results in irreversible scarring, cellular wall damage, and eventually cancer. Sometimes it can take decades for this process to develop into mesothelioma.

Mesothelioma is a highly aggressive cancer. Some 3,000 cases of malignant mesothelioma are diagnosed each year in the United States, and this figure is projected to increase throughout the next decade

Government sources estimate that in the next decade more than 35,000 people nationwide will be diagnosed with mesothelioma. This disease is most often the result of industrial workplace exposure to asbestos – and usually contracted through employers’ choice for greater profits over the safety of their workers. That’s why people diagnosed with mesothelioma and their surviving family members have strong cases in court.

Time to seek justice

If you have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, and seek FREE legal guidance and answers to your concerns, please notify us through the communication form below.

We will pursue your claim with vigilance to help you pay for medical bills, future and past lost wages, and damages. Please know, our firm works on a contingency basis so there is no cost to you until we win a settlement or a verdict.