Levy, Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, a
New York and New Jersey mesothelioma attorneys specializing in asbestos and mesothelioma claims, filed an asbestos law suit on behalf of an 84-year-old mesothelioma victim who acquired mesothelioma from asbestos exposure while serving in the US Navy. The client was a Seaman on the USS Ludlow and USS Baltimore where he recalled a general prevalence of asbestos-containing materials below deck. More specifically, during the asbestos law suit New Jersey mesothelioma attorneys argue that the plaintiff was exposed to asbestos while working with and alongside asbestos insulated pipes. Later, after switching jobs, the client was also exposed to asbestos from his work with automotive brakes and clutches.
This
mesothelioma and asbestos law suit was filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey in Middlesex County.
Asbestos is the only known cause of mesothelioma, a cancer that is always fatal. Mesothelioma typically occurs at least fifteen years after the first exposure to asbestos.
Mesothelioma from asbestos exposure is not uncommon even when the exposure occurs for a short duration. Asbestos fibers are microscopic and exposure can occur without a worker even knowing it. Mesothelioma occurs not only in people working directly with asbestos products but also in bystanders and family members exposed to asbestos dust.
New Jersey mesothelioma attorneys at LPK have prosecuted mesothelioma and asbestos exposure law suits on behalf of mesothelioma victims in New York and New Jersey for more than twenty-five years. The firm has obtained many of country’s largest settlements, and most significant verdicts, in asbestos-related lawsuits as cited by The National Law Journal for 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2002, and 2004.
