Compensation covers more than your medical bills: the benefits of receiving compensation after a mesothelioma diagnosis

[my husband said to me] “The one thing that I want is my family to survive even if I don’t…I want to know, before I close my eyes, that my family is taken care of,” and when I say he did that, he did that. I did get financial [compensation] out of [his mesothelioma lawsuit] which has brought me and my family today to where we are. I don’t take it for granted. Would I give it back today in place of my husband – of course. Could I live in a car? Yeah. Could I live on the street. Yeah, for my husband. But knowing that that will never happen – my husband coming back…the only thing I can do now is look forward and never give up.

Latanyta Manuel, widowed by mesothelioma cancer.

Mesothelioma can cost an individual over $1 million in medical expenses alone (thefreelibrary.com). The average insurance company will not cover all of the costs. Plus, there are extensive costs outside of medical bills that need coverage. Compensation through a lawsuit can help your family shoulder all of these costs and more.

You know how mesothelioma affects the body – how it can completely incapacitate you. How it can make any kind of work impossible. You know how much time is spent just on managing the cancer, without having to think about paying the bills or the means for which your family will be provided. Weitz & Luxenberg can help you pursue legal action that can take away all of your financial worries. We work on your time. We are not here to pressure you or make you do work you are incapable of doing. For over twenty years, Weitz & Luxenberg has been securing financial compensation via favorable verdicts for countless people afflicted with mesothelioma. We can help you. For a free legal consultation, contact Weitz & Luxenberg.

Medical bills: no longer an issue

The following are just a few expenses that a typical mesothelioma patient must endure. Each one varies in cost, but some can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars (cancer.gov):

Chemotherapy
Surgery
Radiation therapy
Medical devices such as oxygen tanks (Articledashboard.com)
At home medical aids (Cancer-surgery.com)

If your insurance company feels that any one of these is not a necessity, they may not cover it.

By taking action against the negligent companies that made you ill, you can recover funds to pay for these expenses independently of your insurance company’s policy.

The freedom to pursue treatment anywhere in the world

Participating in clinical trials for mesothelioma is often free. The travel, lodging, and food costs are not free. This is another area where financial compensation can help. Taking part in clinical trials is important to your mesothelioma prognosis because these trials test the latest methods for treatment. Still, if you live in Pennsylvania and the clinical trial is in California, you will need the money to fly over there and stay someplace for as long as the trial takes.

Your family will be secure

You are not the only one affected by your mesothelioma. Being out of work means that your family has one less provider. Financial compensation can ensure that your daughter will be able to go to college. It can contribute to your spouse’s mortgage payments. It can even help you maintain the best possible quality of life given the circumstances.

Weitz & Luxenberg can help

Weitz & Luxenberg is a major law firm that has been handling asbestos cases for over twenty years. We can help you get the hard evidence to prove your case, and receive the financial compensation you deserve. Any person afflicted with mesothelioma deserves compensation. It is not just a matter of covering your medical bills. It is the simple fact that these asbestos companies knew that they were exposing you to a toxic substance that could make you sick.

W.R. Grace was one of the major asbestos manufacturers, and regarding the evidence that asbestos causes fatal diseases, they wrote, “Our present policy is to tell no one anything, no visitors, or discussion of our operations, period.” This was taken from an internal memo, and was never supposed to be seen by the public.

Weitz & Luxenberg can back your case up with documents proving that you worked in a place that exposed you to asbestos. We have the resources and the experience to help you figure out where you were exposed. These asbestos companies have no choice but to acknowledge the truth – they made you sick, and they must compensate you and your family for it.

For a free legal consultation, simply fill out the form on this page.

Sources

TheFreeLibrary: http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Alliance+of+Doctors+and+Mesothelioma+Patients+Call+on+Congress+to...-a0133677559

Cancer.gov: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Sites-Types/mesothelioma

Cancer-surgery.com: http://www.cancer-surgery.com/Articles/Importance-of-Hospice-Care-For-Mesothelioma-Cancer-Patients-81.html

Articledashboard.com: http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Mesothelioma-Symptom-Relief-and-Palliative-Care-for-Breathlessness/738747