Following the collapse of the World Trade Center in New York there was a layer of dust and debris over Manhattan which was full of asbestos, mercury, fiberglass and other carcinogenic particles.

According to the Natural Resources Defense Council 300 to 400 tons of asbestos fibers were used to construct the World Trade Center. Now many people are displaying symptoms of mesothelioma having inhaled those particles and no one really knows how many more will go on to have this fatal disease.

By 2012, 1,187 of those who were present at the World Trade Center on the day of and after the attacks had been diagnosed with cancer and by 2015 that figure had more than doubled. However, given the latency period for mesothelioma which can range from 11 years post exposure up to 20 or even 50 years, no one yet knows how many sufferers there will be

If you have been diagnosed with any an asbestos related disease, you may be entitled to monetary compensation. To find out how we can help you recover for your asbestos related claim, contact the Law Office of Brayton Purcell, LLP at (800) 598-0314 immediately, or contact us online for a free consultation.

Every year, thousands of people across the United States are diagnosed with mesothelioma due to working with asbestos and they and their loved ones may be able to file an asbestos personal injury lawsuit and recover significant damages.

The lawsuit could be filed either against the company that the person was working for, or the company that manufactured the item with asbestos or an insurance company or an asbestos personal injury victims’ trust fund which is in place for companies that have stopped trading or become bankrupt.

Mesothelioma will usually become apparent up to 40 years after exposure and many states allow people to wait for up the five years after diagnosis to file a lawsuit, but in California you only have one year, so you need to move quickly. If a spouse or relative has died from the disease, then the heirs usually have between one and three years after the death the file a claim for wrongful death.

If you have been diagnosed with any an asbestos related disease, you may be entitled to monetary compensation. To find out how we can help you recover for your asbestos related claim, contact the Law Office of Brayton Purcell, LLP at (800) 598-0314 immediately, or contact us online for a free consultation.

When people are first diagnosed with mesothelioma, they have to make the decision whether or not to have treatment, given that the treatment can rarely totally destroy the cancer.

For those who decide to let nature takes it course, most mesothelioma develops rapidly although a few due have a slower growing form of the disease. However, even a slow growing type can suddenly speed up and spread rapidly.

If diagnosed with mesothelioma, those who live longer tend to be female, younger and in good health but in almost all cases those who turn down treatment will not live as long as those who have treatment.

Those diagnosed at the very early stage, stage 1a live on average two years without treatment and those who have aggressive surgery usually live over three years.

There are few studies as to how long those without treatment do survive as most people opt for some form of intervention although one study looked at survival rates of 238 cases which were diagnosed between 1977 and 2009 when the average survival rate for untreated patients was 6.4 months and those who had been treated was 11.3 months.

If you have been diagnosed with any an asbestos related disease, you may be entitled to monetary compensation. To find out how we can help you recover for your asbestos related claim, contact the Law Office of Brayton Purcell, LLP at (800) 598-0314 immediately, or contact us online for a free consultation.

When it comes to the fatal disease mesothelioma, those Americans greatest at risk are veterans, first responders and teachers.

Veterans make up only eight percent of the U.S. population but account for a third of those suffering from mesothelioma. Navy veterans especially are at risk of the disease, as they spent decades exposed to asbestos on board ships and in shipyards.

According to research by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, when it comes to firefighters and teachers, they are twice as likely as the general American public to be diagnosed with mesothelioma.

Teachers are affected as most schools built before 1980 contain asbestos with more than 50 schools in 13 states, including California, having reported possible asbestos exposure over recent months.

Organizations which represent these groups oppose the proposed FACT Act which will mean that the funds set up to compensate victims of mesothelioma and other asbestos linked diseases will have to spend much more time and effort to comply with the bill, meaning claims processing and paying victims will slow down, and funds will become more scarce.

In addition, the bill would states victims’ personal information, including medical information and partial Social Security numbers be made public putting them at risk of identity theft.

If you have been diagnosed with any an asbestos related disease, you may be entitled to monetary compensation. To find out how we can help you recover for your asbestos related claim, contact the Law Office of Brayton Purcell, LLP at (800) 598-0314 immediately, or contact us online for a free consultation.

Anyone who thinks they were exposed to asbestos during their working career especially if they worked in a power plant or in the navy, oil refinery, motor parts manufacturing or any other industrial center should ask their physician for an annual x ray to check whether there is any evidence of asbestos damage to their lungs.

Mesothelioma can take up to fifty years to show the first symptoms which are usually shortness of breath, pain in the chest or abdomen, a cough and weight loss. The symptoms can come on very quickly and if you were working first in the 1950’s, 1960’s, or the 1970’s, in one of the risk professions then it is worth having a checkup.

Those who are diagnosed with mesothelioma are usually first diagnosed as having pneumonia with an average age of 72 therefore having checks before that age can help the victim undergo treatment much earlier. Some states have a higher incidence of mesothelioma, including Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota, Louisiana, Washington, and Oregon but the disease is also diagnosed in other states across the country.

If you have been diagnosed with any an asbestos related disease, you may be entitled to monetary compensation. To find out how we can help you recover for your asbestos related claim, contact the Law Office of Brayton Purcell, LLP at (800) 598-0314 immediately, or contact us online for a free consultation.