Asbestos was widely used in construction and industrial equipment because of its fire and heat resistant properties, ease of availability, durability, and cost-effectiveness. Before the usage of asbestos tapered in the 1980s, Arizona had a significant number of asbestos industries, particularly in Phoenix, Tucson, Scottsdale, and Yuma. United States Federal and State governments in collaboration with environmental protection agencies have enforced regulations that organize the compensation of individuals that were exposed to asbestos-containing materials.
36 Asbestos-Related Deaths (1999-2015)
• Flagstaff Electric Light Company
• Ponderosa Paper Products Company Inc
• Saginaw and Manistee Lumber Company
• Southwest Forest Industries
• Southwest Lumber Mills
• Wisconsin Tissue
36 Asbestos-Related Deaths (1999-2015)
• Arizona Public Service Company
• Navajo Generating Station
• Navajo Generating Station - Salt River Project
• Page Arizona Powerplant
• Page Power Plant
• Power Plant
• Duval Mine
217 Asbestos-Related Deaths (1999-2015)
• Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Plant
• Phoenix Cement Company
• United Verde Copper Company
26 Asbestos-Related Deaths (1999-2015)
• Cholla Power Plant
26 Asbestos-Related Deaths (1999-2015)
• Abitibi Consolidated
• Smurfit Stone Corp
• Snowflake Paper and Pulp
• Snowflake Paper Mill
• Southwest Forest Industries
• Southwest Lumber Mills Inc
30 Asbestos-Related Deaths (1999-2015)
• SRP Coronado Power Plant
• St. John Electric Company
342 Asbestos-Related Deaths (1999-2015)
• Childs-Irving Power Plant
514 Asbestos-Related Deaths (1999-2015)
• Aqua Fria Powerhouse
• Luke Air Force Base
• Salt River Power Plant
514 Asbestos-Related Deaths (1999-2015)
• Air Research Plant
• Airesearch Corporation
• Alcoa (F/K/A Reynolds Metals)
• Allison Steel
• Aluminum Processors, Inc.
• Ariz Table Pad
• Arizona Brewing Company
• Arizona Edison Company
• Arizona Engine & Pump
• Arizona Light and Power Company
• Arizona Liquor Dist Siding
• Arizona Packing Company
• Arizona Public Service Company
• Asbestos Engineering & Supply Company
• Barlett Heard Land and Cattle Company
• Central Arizona Light & Power Company
• Central Arizona St. Electric Station
• Century Brick Company
• Combustion Equipment Company
• Constable Ice and Fuel Company
• Crystal Ice and Cold Storage Company
• Cudahy Packing Company
• M H Sherman
• Marsh Company Murray
• Merritt Air Conditioning
• Motorola Plant
• Mountain Bell Telephone Company
• Murray Marsh
• National Brewing Company
• Normande Iron & Metal
• Ott Hardware
• Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
• Pacific Gas and Electric Company
• Palo Verde Power Station
• Phoenix Cement Div/Am Cem
• Phoenix Charging Plant
• Phoenix Gas Works
• Phoenix Light and Fuel Company
• Phoenix Railway Company
• Phoenix Steel
• Phoenix Utility Company
• Reynolds Aluminum Plant
• Reynolds Metals Company
• Salt River Power Agua Fria
• Salt River Power District
• Salt River Project
• Salt River Pump & Supply Company
• Santa Fe Peoria Team Track
• Southwest Forest Industries, Inc
• Tovrea Packing Company
• Tucson Gas and Electric Company
• Uneeda Laundry Supply
• Union Carbide Corporation
• United Wholesale, S. Pacific Team Track
• West Phoenix Power Plant
• Western Electric Company - Cable Plant
514 Asbestos-Related Deaths (1999-2015)
• Adams Insulation
• Allison Steel
• Asu Utility Tunnel
• Ford Motor Company
• Kaiser Refractories
• Kyrene Plant
• Marathon Steel Company
• National Malleable & Steel Corporation
• Ocotilla Power Plant
• Safeway - Warehouse
• Salt River Project
• Salt River Valley Water User Association
• Spreckels Sugar
• Western Rolling Mills
514 Asbestos-Related Deaths (1999-2015)
• General Electric - Turbine
• South Western Nitrochemical Company
• Southwestern Agrichemical Company
• Spreckels Sugar Company
• Spreckles Sugar Plant
• Williams Air Force Base
26 Asbestos-Related Deaths (1999-2015)
• Anaconda Copper Mining Company
• Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company
• Inspiration Copper Mine
• International Consolidated Copper Company
• Miami Copper Company
26 Asbestos-Related Deaths (1999-2015)
• Ariz. Eastern Railroad Company
• Arizona Commercial Copper Company
• Cypress Mines
• Gibson Copper Company
• Globe Light and Power Company
• Inspiration Copper Mine
• Mercury Mines of America
• Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelting Company
• Superior and Boston Copper Company
196 Asbestos-Related Deaths (1999-2015)
• American Smelting & Refining Company
• Kennecott Copper Company
• Kennecott Copper Smelter
• Kennecott Minerals Company
• Ray Consolidated Copper Company
196 Asbestos-Related Deaths (1999-2015)
• Arizona Rr Company
• Bhp Cooper
• HP Copper
• Magma Copper Company
• San Manuel Copper Corporation
• San Manuel Copper Refinery
769 Asbestos-Related Deaths (1999-2015)
• Apache Powder & Tuscon Job
• Arizona Ice and Cold Storage Company
• Arizona Portland Cement Company
• C.Y.R. and P. Railroad
• Carlsons Brk & Bldrs Supply
• Duval Mine
• Eagle Milling Company
• Fort Huachuca
• Hughes Aircraft
• Irvington Generating Sta
• Lenco Heating & Cooling
• Marsh Company Murray
• Omalley Lumber Company
• Pacific Fruit Express
• Pacific Fruit Express Company
• Phelps Dodge Copper Mine
• Provo Team Track
• Saguaro Power Plant
• Sahuaro H.S.
• Southwestern Alloys Division Nat Av
• Titan Missile Site
• Tucson Electric Power Company - Irvington Station
• Tucson Gas and Electric Company
• Tucson Metal & Manufacturing Company
• Tuscon Powerhouse
11 Asbestos-Related Deaths (1999-2015)
• Apache Generating Station
• Apache Station
• Arizona Electric Power Cooperative
• Cochise Powerhouse/ Arizona Electric Power Co-Op
• General Electric
1029 Asbestos-Related Deaths (1999-2015)
• Arizona Copper Company Ltd
• Detroit Copper Mining Company
• El Paso and S W Rr Company
• Kennecott Copper Mine
• Metcalf Copper Smelter
• Morenci Power Plant
• Morenci Smelter Plant
• Morenci Water Company
• P D Acid Plant
• Phelps Dodge Acid Plant
• Phelps Dodge Copper Mine
• Phelps Dodge Corporation
1029 Asbestos-Related Deaths (1999-2015)
• Arizona Copper Company Ltd
• Phelps Dodge Aluminum
• Phelps Dodge Copper Products
• Phelps Dodge Corporation
• Shannon Copper Company
149 Asbestos-Related Deaths (1999-2015)
• Luke Air Force Base
• U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Welton-Mohawk Gila)
• W.S. Power
• Yucca Power Plant
• Yuma Desalting Plant
• Yuma Electric Water Company
• Yuma Ice and Cld Stge Company
• Yuma Marine Corps Base
769 Asbestos-Related Deaths (1999-2015)
• New Cornelia Copper Company
• Phelps Dodge Copper Mine
• Phelps-Dodge Corporation
11 Asbestos-Related Deaths (1999-2015)
• Bisbee Twp. Co.
• Calumet and Arizona Mining Co.
• Copper Queen Co. – Bisbee
• Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Co. – Bisbee Phelps Dodge and Co.
11 Asbestos-Related Deaths (1999-2015)
• Calumet and Arizona Mining Company
• Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company
• Douglas Improvement Company
• Phelps Dodge Copper Mine
• Phelps Dodge Corporation (Douglas Smelter)
• US Inspection Station
If you were injured by occupational asbestos exposure and struggle with one of the diseases below, you are immediately eligible for compensation. Since these are very serious diseases that are directly linked to asbestos exposure, all you have to do is give our law firm a call and send our legal experts the necessary documents for filing a claim.
Lung Cancer Mesothelioma Throat Cancer Esophageal Cancer Bronchial Cancer Gastrointestinal Cancer Colorectal CancerOn the other hand, if you suffer from one of the following diseases and suspect it was the result of asbestos exposure, you will be required to undergo free, additional medical tests with our medical team in Birmingham, Alabama in person. Because the connection between these health problems and asbestos exposure is not completely clear, we will need to find out whether asbestos exposure is the real cause of your diagnosis.
AsbestosisPulmonary FibrosisPleural PlaquesPleural EffusionDiffuse Pleural ThickeningCOPDEmphysemaChronic BronchitisPleurisyLung NodulesLung SpotsAsthmaTuberculosisPneumonitisHistoplasmosisRounded AtelectasisLung Scarring Bladder CancerIf you were a worker exposed to asbestos in the 1960s-1980s, the peak period of asbestos use, your current health problems could be asbestos-related, as asbestos has a long latency period. Occupations associated with asbestos exposure during the 1960s-1980s were mining and milling of raw asbestos, construction, product manufacture, use of end products. Sharing the workspace where others handled asbestos could have also been a cause of asbestos exposure.
Asbestos OccupationsVeterans who served in the 1940s-1980s are, also, at high risk of developing health problems from asbestos because many military occupations entailed asbestos exposure. Veterans eligible for benefits are not only the ones that served in the main five branches (air force, army, coast guard, marines, navy) but also those who served in other uniformed services: national oceanic and atmospheric administration, U.S. environmental services administration, U.S. public health service.
Asbestos Exposure & VeteransPerhaps the most frightening aspect of asbestos exposure is that you didn't have to work with asbestos or in an asbestos processing plant to inhale airborne fibers. In the past, asbestos workers and veterans went home carrying asbestos dust on their clothes, because of a lack of proper industrial hygiene. The families were then exposed via inhalation of asbestos dust. Asbestos secondary exposure can be the source of potential asbestos-related diseases. Our legal system offers workers, veterans, and family members the option to file asbestos claims.
Asbestos laws are usually divided into two categories which include the rules that handle safety issues and the regulations that specify the legal rights of people who have suffered asbestos exposure in the workplace. The goal of this state legislation is public security and management of asbestos-related hazards.
If your significant other or anyone else in the family has worked with asbestos and subsequently you got cancer or an asbestosis diagnosis, you are entitled to get fair and adequate monetary compensation.
Case EvaluationThe attorneys at Environmental Litigation Group, P.C. can help you file an asbestos claim and recover compensation for:
Surviving family members can recover compensation for:
If you have developed lung cancer or other asbestos-related diseases and suspect you have suffered a chronic exposure to asbestos at your worksite, you can file an asbestos claim.
To submit the request successfully, you need to be aware of the time limitations. You need to follow the statute of limitations applicable in the state of Arizona. The statute of limitations is the deadline for filing your asbestos claim. In Arizona, the personal injury statute of limitations for lung cancer claims is two years from the date of the diagnosis of the condition.
For a wrongful death asbestos claim, that the family members can file, the time limit is two years from the death of their loved one.
Current and former residents of Arizona diagnosed with an asbestos-related disease, and their family members should contact us as soon as possible. The statutes of limitations are only two years from the date of the diagnosis (for personal injury claims) and the time of death (for wrongful death claims). In 90% of the cases, we file asbestos trust fund claims rather than going through a lawsuit. Our experienced attorneys will help you with the steps involved in the asbestos claim process.
At Environmental Litigation Group, P.C., we strive to get you the best asbestos claim results possible. To pay out asbestos claims, asbestos trust funds managers rely on something called case valuation matrix. The case valuation matrix is a document approximating historical settlement values and assigning different values for compensable cancer types. The base dollar amounts vary by state or region because location sets occupational asbestos exposure levels. The table below provides the average settlement values, by disease level, at asbestos trust funds with seven disease levels, as presented in Rand Corporation's report on Asbestos Bankruptcy Trusts.
Disclaimer: Compensation for your asbestos case will be calculated starting from the base calculation matrix, increasing or decreasing the level of compensation according to the specifics of your case. Factors that can affect the value of your case include, but are not limited to, your location, age, work history, pain and suffering, the asbestos products involved in occupational exposure, and expenses related to your illness. Individual cases vary based on such factors, and previous results don't ensure an equal outcome. The factors specific to your case make it difficult to predict its value before you file an asbestos claim. So, determining how much your case is worth can be a complicated process. If you have any questions about settlements and your legal rights, please contact us immediately for a free consultation.
See Our ProcessWe are a team of experienced mesothelioma and lung cancer lawyers with practical knowledge, well-informed on the Arizona asbestos laws and the complexities involved in filing asbestos claims. Our lawyers will keep you up to date and provide step-by-step guidance regarding the legal process required to obtain the justice and compensation you deserve. As we work with multidisciplinary specialists, we can provide information about the best medical professionals in your area.