Borg Warner Automotive & Asbestos

Borg Warner employees exposed to asbestos

During the last century, Borg Warner made use of asbestos in large amounts, as the mineral has numerous convenient properties, such as excellent resistance to fire, electricity and a wide range of chemicals. Furthermore, it was also very cheap at the time. Specializing in manufacturing automotive components such as transfer cases and auto turbochargers, Borg Warner Automotive is a company headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan which heavily made use of asbestos between 1928 and the early 1980s. The occupations at the highest risk of developing a serious disease as a result of exposure to the asbestos products of this company are:

Unlike many asbestos companies, it has not been needed to file for bankruptcy protection and therefore does not currently have a trust fund. Nevertheless, if you were injured by occupational asbestos exposure as a worker, a resourceful lawyer can efficiently help you recover just compensation from Borg Warner Automotive and hold the company liable for their past negligence. So far, they paid out over $700 million to thousands of former employees whose health was severely affected by asbestos exposure. If you held down a job at Borg Warner Automotive during the heyday of asbestos, it is crucial to keep your health in check. A disease may develop at any time, considering their long latency period of up to five decades.

Asbestos related cancer eligible for filing a claim

If you developed one of the following cancers as a result of occupational exposure, you are eligible for compensation. If you are too ill, a family member can help you with the legal process. In the unfortunate event that you pass away before recovering compensation, your surviving family members will receive compensation on your behalf.

If, however, you struggle with non-cancerous pleural diseases such as asbestosis, pulmonary fibrosis, pleural plaques, pleural effusion, diffuse pleural thickening, COPD (emphysema & chronic bronchitis), pleurisy, lung nodules, lung spots, asthma, pneumonitis, tuberculosis, rounded atelectasis or lung scarring, please seek a second or even a third opinion as the rate of misdiagnosis is very high among the victims of asbestos exposure.

Legal assistance in wrongful death asbestos exposure cases for family members

The surviving family members of a worker who developed a disease as a result of occupational asbestos exposure but has not taken legal action during their lifetime are also eligible for compensation. With over 25 years of experience in pursuing compensation for the victims of asbestos exposure and their family members, our attorneys will help you recover the money you deserve on behalf of your loved one. While it is very complex, the legal process requires minimal involvement on your part, as the majority of the aspects, such as the claim and the documents which must accompany it, will be efficiently handled by our legal team. If you have a family member who lost their lives to a disease that was caused by workplace asbestos exposure, do not hesitate to contact our law firm for quality legal assistance. It is important to know that, because we work on a contingency fee basis, you will not have to pay anything unless we recover compensation for you.

Asbestos products workers at Borg Warner Automotive would manufacture or encounter

The company was a manufacturer of various automotive components, a process that would require the use of asbestos during the last century, as the mineral has excellent fire and electricity resistance. Because employees were not provided with any protective equipment when working with asbestos, exposure was inevitable, which now places former workers at high risk of developing a serious disease. The following are some of the products Borg Warner Automotive manufactured with asbestos before 1980.