| Over 43,000 Americans have been lost to | | | | precedents to allow current Mesothelioma lawyers to |
| Mesothelioma since 1979, a vicious form of cancer | | | | crack down harder and more aggressively than ever |
| which strikes the protective sac around most of the | | | | before. |
| internal organs within the human body. | | | | The overall success of these Mesothelioma |
| This number is pathetically high considering that | | | | settlements can be attributed to company knowledge, |
| Mesothelioma is a preventable form of cancer. | | | | as California mesothelioma lawyers were pivotal in |
| Asbestos exposure causes Mesothelioma, and 10 to | | | | exposing the vast majority of companies with high risk |
| 40 years can pass before there is even the slightest | | | | factors for asbestos related illnesses were well aware |
| symptom of this deadly sleeper. | | | | of these factors but chose to do nothing about it. |
| Just as someone with a headache wouldn't go to a | | | | Banking on the longevity of the dormant nature of |
| podiatrist for guidance, a patient struck down with | | | | asbestos caused cancers, the vast majority of |
| Mesothelioma should seek out a specialized California | | | | American companies felt they would not be held |
| mesothelioma attorney. California mesothelioma | | | | responsible by the time their loyal employees became |
| lawyers have undergone the necessary training to | | | | ill. Over the last ten to fifteen years, California |
| understand the specialized aspects of asbestos | | | | mesothelioma lawyers have exposed countless |
| related cases. | | | | companies for their ignorant and callous company |
| This specialized education gives California | | | | practices. |
| mesothelioma lawyers a leading edge in fighting the big | | | | Public knowledge has led to what has been coined, |
| business practices which negligently exposed their | | | | "Mesothelioma sympathy cases." Juries only need to |
| employees to without a second thought to the | | | | hear the words "asbestos" and "Mesothelioma" in |
| potential health hazards. California mesothelioma | | | | conjunction with big business and the trial can often |
| lawyers understand the statistics, and what the | | | | pack it in. Ten jurors from nine various Mesothelioma |
| statistics actually mean to this American health crisis. | | | | lawsuits were recently polled, and the admitted that |
| Jury awards and Mesothelioma settlements reflect the | | | | their minds were made up prior to hearing actual |
| very nature of Mesothelioma, a significant injustice | | | | evidence. |
| portrayed upon the American worker. The | | | | While this is completely against the fiber of our country, |
| preventability of the disease is perhaps the most | | | | so is sacrificing your employees for the almighty dollar. |
| incredulous sin of the entire ordeal. While the | | | | Mesothelioma has gained such a significant reputation |
| removable of asbestos can be a significant expense | | | | of negligence that the greatest mistake a company |
| for a company to voluntarily take on, juries are sending | | | | can make is to take a hearing to a jury trial. |
| the message that it is only a fraction of the cost of | | | | Mesothelioma settlements are becoming more likely, |
| allowing the heart of the company to fall ill. | | | | with higher amounts awarded, to avoid the potential |
| California mesothelioma lawyers have come through | | | | devastation a jury trial can ultimately lead to. |
| for their clients with unquestionable vigor, and those | | | | The astonishing fact that there are still companies with |
| who now march in the fight attribute the | | | | toxic levels of asbestos floating around in the |
| groundbreaking Mesothelioma lawsuits in the early | | | | companies is absolutely ridiculous. Perhaps it takes a |
| eighties, where a handful of brave attorneys took on | | | | Mesothelioma lawsuit to convince these companies |
| Corporate American against all odds. Initially companies | | | | that this stuff is actually dangerous enough to be |
| denied knowledge of the asbestos risks, while some | | | | removed. |
| equated the lawsuits to fraudulent workers comp | | | | In one three minute internet search, I found 6 |
| claims. | | | | companies from various parts of the country who |
| Corporate America spent more than ten years | | | | have been fined more than once for having higher |
| blaming the victims of Mesothelioma, equating their | | | | than legal levels of asbestos in their buildings, |
| cancer to that of cigarette smokers who then want to | | | | warehouses, materials, or production floors. |
| sue the tobacco companies. The pioneering | | | | They are obviously willing to pay these fines |
| Mesothelioma lawyers in California dug deep and were | | | | repetitively rather than remove the asbestos. They are |
| able to prove that the loyal employees of these | | | | obvious willing to jeopardize the lives of their |
| companies had no idea of the dangers that lurked in | | | | employees rather than to pay to have the asbestos |
| their workplace and thus were unable to make | | | | removed. 17 companies had their asbestos removed |
| informed decisions about their health. | | | | after the year 2000. This was a quick search that only |
| The early work of the initial California mesothelioma | | | | took a few minutes, certainly far from an extensive |
| lawyers paved the way and set a few vital | | | | search that revealed these results. |