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How and where were you exposed to asbestos in Minnesota

Minnesota has a large number of asbestos exposure worksites along with mining activities that exist in the Northeastern region. These industries were linked with a high risk of developing malignant conditions, such as lung cancer. People working at power plants in Minnesota were routinely exposed to toxic levels of asbestos dust. Also, food processing facilities, lumber mills, and equipment in other industries were built with large amounts of asbestos-containing materials before 1980.

  • Interstate Power Company
  • Southern Minnesota Gas and Electric Company
  • Wilson & Company Inc
  • Aurora Steam Electric Plant
  • Bethlehem Steel
  • Dow Chemical Company
  • Erie Mining Company
  • Linde Air Products Company
  • Minnesota Power & Light
  • Anderson Corp
  • King Power Plant
  • Northern States Power Company
    • Becker Sherco Power Plant
    • Northern States Power Company
    • Sherburne County Power Station
    • Sherco Power Plant
    • Conwed Corporation
    • Diamond Match Division
    • Northwest Paper Company
    • Potlatch Corporation
    • S. D. Warren Company
    • Sappi Fine Paper
    • USG Interiors
    • Wood Conversion Company
    • Clay Boswell Power Station
    • Minnesota Power & Light Company
    • A. W. Kuettel & Sons, Inc.
    • American Steel and Wire Company
    • Aurora Iron and Mining Company
    • Barnes Riverside Shipyard
    • Bridgeman - Russell Company
    • Chicago Nw Warehouse Department
    • Duluth Air Force Base
    • Duluth and Iron Range Railroad Company
    • Duluth Board of Trade Building
    • Duluth Imperial Mill Company
    • Duluth Steam Corp
    • Duluth Street Railway Company
    • Duluth-Missabe Railroad
    • Ed H. Anderson Company of Duluth
    • Elliott and Company
    • Geo C Howe
    • Georgia Pacific
    • Great Northern Power Company
    • Interlake Iron
    • International Refinery
    • Kuettel Warehouse
    • Linde Air Products Company
    • Marshall-Wells Company
    • Minkota Milling Company
    • Minnesota Power & Light Company
    • Minnesota Steel Company
    • Minntac
    • Northern Pacific Railway Company
    • Northwest Paper Company
    • Paul W. Abbott Company, Inc.
    • Reserve Mining Company
    • Sky Harbor Airport & Seaplane Base
    • Standard Builders Supply
    • Superior Wood Products Company
    • Superwood Corp
    • U M D Job
    • U.S. Steel
    • Walter Butler Shipbuilders
    • Wolvin Building Company
    • Zenith Furnace Company
    • Elk River Power Plant
    • Great River Energy Cooperative
    • Rural Co-Op Power Association
  • Dairy Farmers of America
  • Hoot Lake Power Plant
  • Ottertail Power Company
    • Blandin Paper Company
    • Flament-Hampshire, Inc.
    • Itasca Paper Company
    • Western Mining
    • Koch Petroleum Minnesota
    • Koch Refining Company
    • N-Ren
    • Pine Bend Ammonia
    • Smeads Plant
    • Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Company
    • Charter Inc
    • Hibbing Public Utilities
    • Mechanical Construction Corporation
    • Public Utilities Commission
    • Rogers Brocon Iron Company
    • Erie Mining Company
    • Hoyt Lakes Power Plant
    • J&L Steel
    • LTV Steel Mining Company
    • Archer Daniels Midland Company
    • CHS, Incorporated
    • Dotson Company, Inc.
    • Honeymead Products
    • Northern States Power Company
    • 3M Company
    • A. H. Bennett Company
    • A.P.I.
    • Acands, Inc.
    • Ace Manufacturing, Inc.
    • Armstrong Contracting & Supply Corporation
    • Armstrong Cork Company
    • Asbestos Insulation & Supply Company
    • B.F. Nelson Manufacturing Company
    • Baker Properties Management Company
    • Bell Telephone
    • Bennett Williams
    • Berg Farnam
    • Black Dog Station
    • Bomb Washout Plant
    • Breeching Boiler Tanks
    • Bros Boiler
    • Bros Inc
    • Burnzol Incinerator
    • C E Wentworth and Company
    • Cargill Incorporated
    • Carroll Charles Company
    • Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company
    • Como Yard
    • Container Corporation
    • County Building
    • Dayton Rogers Manufacturing
    • Donaldsons
    • Electric Machinery Corporation
    • Federal Building
    • Fleischmann Malting Company
    • Fort Snelling
    • General Electric
    • General Mills, Inc.
    • Great Northern Railroad
    • Greyhound
    • H. R. Nichols Company
    • Hayes Insulation Company
    • Hennepin County Government Center
    • Heritage Chemistry Building
    • Hickory Insulation Company
    • Hinckle Greenleaf and Company
    • Honeywell
    • I.D.S. Building
    • Insulation Sales Company
    • J.S. Porteous
    • Johnston Manufacturing Company
    • Journal Printing Company
    • K.U.O.M. Broadcasting Station
    • L.L. Hansen residence
    • Land O Lakes
    • Laundry Building
    • Lindberg Engineering
    • Luger Furniture Company
    • Lumber Exchange Building
    • Mechanical Insulation Contractors
    • Minneapolis Airport
    • Minneapolis Electric Steel Cast.
    • Minneapolis Gas Light Company
    • Minneapolis General Electric Company
    • Minneapolis St Railway Company
    • Minneapolis Star Tribune
    • Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Company
    • Minneapolis Street Railway Company
    • Minneapolis Water Department
    • Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company
    • Minneapolis-Moline
    • Minnegasco Inc.
    • Minnesota Linseed Oil Company
    • Minnesota Mazda Lamp Works of General Electric Company
    • Minnesota Power & Light
    • National Biscuit Company
    • Nicnn St. Railway Company
    • North Atlantic Constructors
    • Northeast Airlines Main Base
    • Northern Pump Company
    • Northern States Power Company
    • Northwest Airlines
    • Northwest Bell
    • Northwest Engineering Laboratories
    • Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company
    • Northern States Power Company
    • NY Life Insurance Company
    • Owens Illinois Glass Company
    • Pillsbury Center
    • Pioneer Malting Company
    • Plymouth Building
    • Power ServiceS Corporation
    • Princeton Job
    • Processed Potatoes Incorporated
    • Randolph M N & S
    • Republic Creosoting Company
    • River Tower Apartments
    • Riverside Power Plant
    • Sheraton Ramp
    • Sherburne County General Plant
    • Smith-Sharpe Company
    • Southside Lumber
    • St. Cloud Heating Plant
    • St. Paul and Northern Pacific Railway Company
    • Standard Brands Inc
    • Strutwear Knitting Company
    • Syndicate Block
    • Tevin City Rapid Transit Company
    • Thomas Lowry Temple Building Minneapolis
    • Tinker A F B
    • Transit Supply Company
    • Twin Cities Cold Storage Company
    • Twin City Rapid Transit Company
    • Twin Lily Rapid Transit Company
    • Union Carbide Corporation
    • W. I. Gray and Company
    • Whirl-Air-Flow Equipment & Supply Company
    • White Farm Equipment
    • Wilder Residences
    • William H Eustis Flour Exchange
    • Willmar Power Plant
    • Wm Bros Boiler & Manufacturing Company
    • Wold-Chamberlain Field
    • General Electric Company
    • Hoechst Celanese
    • Monticello Nuclear Power Plant
    • Monticello Nuclear Power Plant
    • Northern States Power
    • A. H. Bennett Company
    • Anheuser Busch Inc
    • Busch Agricultural Resources
    • Fargo-Moorhead Insulation Company
    • Moorhead Power Plant
    • Altria Corporate Services, Incorporated
    • Dart & Kraft
    • Eagle Roller Mill
    • Kraft Foods Company
    • Municipal Light and Power Plant
    • Power Service Corporation
    • Asbestos Products, Inc.
    • Great Northern Oil Company
    • Koch Refining Company
    • Pine Bend Oil Refinery
    • Broadway Power Plant
    • Franklin Heating Station
    • Madonna Tower-Apartments
    • Mayo Bros.
    • Municipal Power Plant Rochester
    • Public Utilities Board
    • Rochester Electric Department
    • Rochester Public Utilities
    • Silver Lake Power Plant
    • Silver Lake Steam Generation
    • Koch Petroleum
    • Koch Industries
    • Monumental Sales
    • Northern States Power Company
    • St. Cloud Power House
    • Stovall By Products Company
    • Champion International Corporation
    • International Paper
    • Sartell Paper Company
    • St. Regis Paper Company
    • Watab Pulp and Paper Company
    • Cyprus North Shore Mining
    • Hunkin, Arundal, Dixon
    • Keuttle & Sons
    • Lakeside Project Power Plant
    • Reserve Mining Company
    • Silver Bay Power
    • 3M Company
    • A Booth and Company
    • Allan Black Company
    • American Hoist and Derrick Company
    • Ammonia Plant
    • Armour
    • Asbestos Products, Inc.
    • Ashland Petroleum Refining
    • Automobile Owners Tire Corporation
    • Blerke Tire and Rubber Company
    • Board of Contron State of Minn
    • Bohr Refrigerator Company
    • Buckbee Mears
    • City of St. Paul Water Works
    • Clark Oil Refinery
    • Cudahy Packing Company
    • Dwyer Plumbing and Heating Company
    • E A Prairie Island
    • Ecolab
    • Ed H. Anderson Company
    • Film Pilot Plt
    • Fire & Marine Ins. Company Building
    • Fire Brick Supply Company
    • Florcure Company
    • Ford Motor Company
    • Gagnon Construction
    • George Fuller
    • Gillette
    • Golden Rule Department Store
    • Gopher Smelting & Refining Company
    • Great Northern Oil Company
    • Great Northern Railroad
    • Hamms Brewing Company
    • High Bridge Power Plant
    • High Bridge Station
    • Highbridge Steam Plant
    • Hoerner Waldorf Corporation
    • International Flax Twine Company
    • John Plut Company
    • Luger Furniture Company
    • Macarthur Company
    • Manhattan L H and P Company
    • Manhattan Light H. and Power Company
    • Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad Company
    • Minnesota Blue Cross Headquarters
    • Minnesota By Products Coke Company
    • Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    • Minnesota Transfer
    • Montgomery Ward and Company
    • Northern Pacific Railway Company
    • North St. Paul Table Company
    • North Star Steel Company
    • North Western Imp. Company
    • Northern Pacific Railroad Company
    • Northern Pacific Rr
    • Northern States Power Company
    • Northwestern Fuel Company
    • Northwestern Grass Furn Company
    • Northwestern Improvement Company
    • NY City Insurance Company
    • Paul W. Abbott Company, Inc.
    • Post Office & Customs, Elec. & Missile Fac.
    • Praire Island Nuclear Power Plant
    • Quality Insulation Service
    • Quamco Job
    • R.B. Whitacre and Company Inc.
    • Rock Tenn
    • Saint Paul Water Department
    • Smith and Taylor
    • St. Paul and White Bear Railroad Company
    • St. Paul Ammonia Plant
    • St. Paul City Railway Company
    • St. Paul Companies
    • St. Paul Gas Light Company
    • State Capital Building
    • Stroh Brewery Company
    • Swedberg Construction
    • Swift and Company
    • Toni Company
    • United States Bedding Company
    • Vono Pipe Covering Company
    • W. A. Wood Harvester Company
    • Waldorf Hoerner Paper Products Company
    • Waste Water Treatment
    • West Side Power Heat and Light Company
    • Xcel Energy
    • Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant
    • Badger Foundry Company, Inc.
    • Board of Municipal Water Works
    • Board of Public Works
    • Interstate Packing Company
    • Miller Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    • Mississippi Valley Public Service Company
    • Swift & Company
    • Watkins Products
    • Winona Malting Company
    • Winona Railway and Light Company
    • Wisconsin Railway Light and Power Company
    • Conoco Oil Refinery
    • International Oil Refineries, Inc.
    • Wrenshall Refinery
    Pine Bend Moorhead Cohasset Hoyt Lakes Aurora Silver Bay Cloquet Duluth Wrenshall Sartell Becker Monticello Elk River St Paul Bayport Rosemount Hastings Welch New Ulm Winona Albert Lea Saint Cloud

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Pine Bend

    2-3 Asbestos Related Deaths (1979-2001)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Moorhead

    38 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Fergus Falls

    78 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Cohasset

    36 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Grand Rapids

    36 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Hibbing

    122 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Hoyt Lakes

    122 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Aurora

    122 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Silver Bay

    2 Asbestos Related Deaths (1979-2001)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Cloquet

    91 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Duluth

    122 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Wrenshall

    91 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Sartell

    98 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Becker

    27 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Monticello

    64 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Elk River

    27 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Minneapolis

    864 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    St Paul

    460 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Bayport

    186 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Rosemount

    172 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Hastings

    172 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Welch

    38 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    New Ulm

    22 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Mankato

    51 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Rochester

    79 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Winona

    42 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Albert Lea

    26 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Asbestos Exposure Areas in
    Saint Cloud

    98 Asbestos Related Deaths (1999-2013)

    Lung cancer & pulmonary diseases
    statute of limitations in Minnesota

    A person diagnosed with mesothelioma or lung cancer developed as a result of long-term exposure to asbestos in the workplace can file an asbestos claim against the employers within a set period, which is known as the statute of limitations. In Minnesota, various statutes of limitations are followed in the case of asbestos claims.

    Asbestos claims include claims of negligence as well as of strict liability filed against the parties involved in the manufacture, sale, and use of asbestos or asbestos-containing products (the defendants). For asbestos claims of negligence, the request must be filed within six years, and asbestos claims of strict liability have to be filed within four years. In Minnesota, legal action is not regarded as “commenced” until the defendant is served with the lawsuit. The statute of limitations begins once the plaintiff knows about his/her asbestos-related disease through the development of physical symptoms.

    If an individual dies because of an asbestos-related illness, heirs should start a wrongful death asbestos claim within three years from the date of death.

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    Lung cancer & pulmonary diseases
    legal representation in Minnesota

    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.

    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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    Do you qualify for asbestos compensation?

    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 Cancer

    On 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 Cancer

    Filing an asbestos claim in Minnesota

    Current and former residents of Minnesota diagnosed with an asbestos-related disease, and their family members should contact us as soon as possible. The statutes of limitations are six years from the date of the diagnosis (for asbestos claims of negligence), four years from the time of the diagnosis (for asbestos claims of strict liability), and three years from the date of death (for wrongful death asbestos 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.

    Bankruptcy trust claims

    Asbestos trust funds were set up years ago to pay people that are sick and have been injured by asbestos. However, as asbestos trust funds do not have enough money to pay all asbestos claims fully, they offer a set percentage of the legal demand. But, the funds are typically dispersed faster than in lawsuits. Asbestos trust fund claims are usually handled out of court.

    Preparing the claim

    The quicker we can get the information from you and get it filed with the asbestos trust funds, the quicker the payment will come. In the beginning, we are on a fact-finding mission, but it's not as intensive as a typical lawsuit would be. It's more of an administrative process.

    Gathering the information

    Initially what is required from the asbestos trust fund is to prove exposure to that particular's asbestos trust fund product or products and you also have to show that you've been diagnosed with an asbestos-related disease. First, we will qualify the medical reports. Then, we have to prove how you were exposed: primarily through occupation or secondarily through a family member that you lived with and who worked directly with or around asbestos-containing products. For occupational exposure, you have to tell us where you have worked and inform us about any products that were in your working environment.

    Filing your claim

    We make the process simple, and we don't put anything other than the actual necessity on you to provide certain documentation to prosecute your asbestos claim, such as medical records from your treating hospital or physician, employment records, social security records from the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and, if applicable, military records. As soon as we get the necessary information, we can start filing that with the asbestos trust funds and expect payment within a couple of months to one year. We will also report to Medicare to obtain a clearance to release funds to you.

    Claim evaluation

    Asbestos trust funds usually qualify the asbestos claim and pay it under two processes. "Expedited Review" is based on a minimum set of probable medical and asbestos exposure criteria and applications receive a scheduled amount that is not negotiated. "Individual Review" allows for asbestos claim amounts up to a published maximum. Factors that determine the actual amount can include but are not limited to, age at diagnosis, jurisdiction, and the settlement history of your counsel.

    Claim payment

    Trustees make a determination and decide whether they will or won't pay the asbestos claim. Usually, payment comes within a couple of months to one year, and we can set up a stream of revenue for our clients. You will receive your compensation in one installment.

    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.

    Average amounts paid by asbestos trust funds

    Mesothelioma
    $960,000
    Lung Cancer
    $258,000
    Other Cancer
    $122,000
    Non Malignant Diseases
    $78,000

    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.

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    Why residents in Minnesota choose us?

    Our attorneys have the expertise to handle complex asbestos cases throughout the state of Minnesota. We analyze each case carefully by investigating your work history deeply to identify where exactly the asbestos exposure occurred. As we know thoroughly the asbestos laws enforced in Minnesota, it is easy for us to guide you and resolve asbestos litigation successfully. We are compassionate towards our clients, already going through a difficult situation; therefore, we make the legal actions hassle-free. We have a proven track record of dedicated service, which has made a significant number of Minnesota residents choose us to represent their case. Also, as we work with a multidisciplinary group of specialists, we can provide advice on the best treatment options in your area.

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