Asbestos exposure diseases
legal assistance in Hawaii
If 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.
If you have been affected by asbestos exposure in the workplace in Hawaii, you can claim compensation for damages, but you need to prove occupational asbestos exposure has led to functional impairment. You must produce objective proof of your physical disability, given by a qualified doctor.
According to the Hawaii Supreme Court, almost every person with pleural thickening, pleural plaques, and lung scars may lead a normal life without chronic impairment and pain.
Asbestos Occupations
Veterans 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 & Veterans
Sick family members
secondary asbestos exposure
Perhaps 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. 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.
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Monetary compensation
for asbestos exposure victims
The attorneys at Environmental Litigation Group, P.C. can help you file an asbestos claim and recover compensation for:
- Medical expenses
- Future medical bills
- The cost of continued medical care
- Pain and suffering
- Physical impairment (past and future)
- Loss of spousal support & companionship
- Loss of consortium
- Lost wages (past and future)
- Loss of earning capacity damages
- Travel costs for medical treatments
- Costs of daily living help
- Health insurance premiums
- Alternative therapies
- Ability to support dependents
- End of life cost damages
- Funeral expenses
Surviving family members can recover compensation for:
- Wrongful death claims
- Loss of parental care
- Punitive damages (gross negligence damages)
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