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The evidence shows that most asbestos manufacturers knew long ago their asbestos products would injure and kill people, but these companies actively conspired to hide this information in order to keep selling their asbestos products. For these reasons, asbestos manufacturers are being held legally liable, and are required to pay legal compensation, in connection with the asbestos disease or asbestos cancer suffered by workers and their families, now.
The law holds the manufacturers of ACPs legally responsible for everyone injured by their dangerous and defective products, including those who did not work directly with asbestos. Asbestos is an aerodynamic mineral which travels. Accountants and other "white collar" employees of asbestos manufacturers have developed mesothelioma because of the proximity of their offices to asbestos manufacturing and processing operations. Sadly, even the spouses and children of asbestos workers have developed mesothelioma because the worker carried the asbestos into the home on his work clothes. The law permits redress for these innocent victims of corporate wrongdoing.
Here is a list of some of the asbestos-containing products workers have been commonly exposed to.
Acoustical plaster
Boiler insulation
Cable
Ceiling tile
Cement
Cement pipe
Cement siding
Cement wallboard
Electrical panel partitions
Electrical wiring insulation
Fire blankets
Fireproofing
High temperature gaskets
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Joint compound
Laboratory/welding gloves
Plaster-of-Paris
Pipe insulation
Refractories
Roofing insulation
Roofing shingles
Spackling compound
Spray insulation
Textured paints/coatings
Vinyl floor tile
Wallboard
Welding rods
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The early detection of mesothelioma is critical to the patient outlook and in determining applicable treatment options. However, mesothelioma is often difficult to diagnose for a variety of reasons. Because mesothelioma is a rare disease, many doctors are not familiar with it. In addition, the non-specific nature of patient symptoms can be indicators of other medical conditions. The extended length of time between asbestos exposure and a patient's symptomatic responses, often between 15-50 years, further hinders immediate detection of mesothelioma.
In the early stages of mesothelioma, symptoms may be relatively mild. You may experience shortness of breath and loss of energy, but your mind and memory remains the same. However, you may soon be faced with surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy or other therapies which will sap your strength and ability to concentrate. In the latter stages of the disease process, you may have to resort to medication to fight the pain. Painkillers can impair long and short-term memory, and in turn weaken your testimony, and your chances at trial. Your testimony is the best evidence of how you were exposed to asbestos, who witnessed your exposure, and the ACPs that you were exposed to. Your lawyer can arrange for preservation of your trial testimony by videotaping, on an expedited basis. THE EARLIER IN THE DISEASE PROCESS THAT YOU CHOOSE A LAWYER, THE BETTER YOUR CHANCES OF PRESERVING THE BEST EVIDENCE IN YOUR CASE B YOUR TESTIMONY.
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