About Asbestos Exposure Asbestos refers to a group of minerals that occur naturally in certain rocks as bundles of fibers. Left alone, asbestos fibers pose little risk. However, when released into the air through work-related or other activities, the microscopic fibers can be lethal. In fact, top health agencies classify asbestos as a human carcinogen…

What Is Asbestos? Asbestos is a collective term given to a group of minerals that naturally occur as bundles of long, thin fibers in rocks. It has been widely used in commercial products. Made of silicon, oxygen, and other elements, the material is known for its impressive strength and resistance to heat, fire, electricity, and…

Nationally known law firm Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. secured a verdict of $5.2 million in damages on behalf of an 82-year-old Orange County, California, man and his wife who sued a Fortune 500 company they charged with contributing to his increased risk of developing mesothelioma. Fluor Corporation and two of its subsidiaries were found to…

Weitz & Luxenberg was able to secure a large financial settlement for our client who lived and worked in New Jersey. During his lifetime, our client was repeatedly exposed to products containing asbestos. He developed mesothelioma cancer from that exposure and died at the age of 74. Our attorneys secured the settlement collectively from more…

As a successful trial lawyer, Leonard Sandoval brings experience and compassion to his work as a member of the Weitz & Luxenberg mesothelioma and asbestos team. In April 2011, when Mr. Sandoval joined W&L, he began representing plaintiffs in asbestos litigation. Since then, his career has been devoted to advocating for families who have lost…

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I would highly recommend Weitz & Luxenberg to anyone who has mesothelioma. This is a law firm that goes above and beyond for their clients. They certainly did for us.

A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury this month handed Hennessy Industries, Inc. as successor to AMMCO Tools, Inc., its first-ever loss in an asbestos-exposure lawsuit despite the defendant company’s self-assurances that the grieving family of an Army veteran and automotive parts store owner who died of mesothelioma had no chance of winning, victorious plaintiffs’…

A multimillion-dollar settlement was awarded to the family of a New Jersey woman who was exposed to asbestos dust and contracted both pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma cancer. Attorneys at Weitz & Luxenberg have negotiated a total of $17 billion in verdicts and settlements for our clients. Her initial exposure came from working as a child…

Weitz & Luxenberg is committed not only to offering the most aggressive trial representation possible, but also to achieving justice for our clients when trial courts unjustly turn away their cases. Mesothelioma victim Johnny Kesner Jr.’s California suit is a case in point. The defendant claimed it bore no responsibility for the mesothelioma Mr. Kesner…