Take the case of Linda Daly, an asbestos mesothelioma plaintiff who worked for a year each at Ford dealerships in 1978 and again in 1987. In both cases, Daly worked as a warranty clerk—and as such, her desk was located in the service bay areas of the respective dealerships, where work on Ford vehicles was routinely done close to the plaintiff's work station.Including brake jobs. Asbestos, to this day, is routinely used in the manufacture of brake shoes. Daly argued that she was exposed both at her place of employ and at home, where her husband routinely did brake work on various vehicles, using brake shoes and other parts from a particular manufacturer.
In both cases, Daly claims she was not made aware of the dangers of asbestos by either the manufacturer of the brake components or by Ford. In 2008, thirty years after Daly was first allegedly exposed in 1978, a south Florida jury awarded the plaintiff $3.6 million. The 57-year-old woman had been diagnosed with asbestos cancer.
In another scenario, an Italian chef diagnosed with terminal mesothelioma claimed in a lawsuit that he had been exposed to asbestos in a storeroom at the restaurant where he worked. It was learned that there was asbestos in the ceiling of the storeroom. Asbestos at one time was often used in ceiling tile and wallboard, and in insulation wrap for pipes.
However, Luigi Pes also claimed that he was exposed to asbestos from the insulated seals on the pizza ovens he used.
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Mesothelioma is often diagnosed decades following exposure, due to the advanced latency inherent with asbestos exposure. Victims can remain healthy for 30 years or longer before symptoms can emerge, and by then it's too late. Many asbestos injury victims fail to live longer than six months following diagnosis, although it has been noted that thanks to advances in medication and treatment, asbestos cancer victims can survive as long as two years following a diagnosis.
That said, asbestos mesothelioma is considered terminal. Asbestos claims in the courts, therefore, are sought as a means to seek justice, as well as funding in an effort to offset the cost of medical bills during a victim's final days.
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I have also found that Completely UNPROTECTED asbestos Demolitions has become and problem here in WASHINGTON state,and is also totally accepted by WA L&I WISHA, DOSH, as OSHA has NO "JURISDICTION" in WA state, but on some "Executive Priviliaged" Job sites, leaving workers/public/ employees exposed to Friable Asbestos demolitions and illegal disposal into our local Garbage transfer stations furthering the Already Unsafe condition to a EXTREME state of Contamination/Cross Contamination and making us extremely suseptable to HARM/DEATH/INJURY to our Families and Communities, Please do further investigations as I have, so saddening and then all the burden of health issues place on us financially,phyisically, emotionally,leaveing the EXPOSURE Victims to the brunt of full costs of the Empoyers Gross Neglegence and Actions..
When WILL I Be "Officially" Noted as The "Whistle Blower on Campbell's resorts fire remodel 2009 , a project that I was hired to perform the DUTIES of Safety Officer/Foreman, that left us Construction workers TOTALLY UNPROTECTED from Friable Asbestos Demolitions/Lead Paint Demolitions and ILLEGAL Disposal methods...I have Filed a Claim with WA L&I and L&I performed a investigation..WA L&I's Mark Wilson( L&I Asbestos Inspector) statement made to me on 6-28-2011 was, Demolitoned Asbestos Presently Hiding behind Campbell's Resort walls and ceiling "POSE NO THREAT" and after my many complaints " Air Samples was again Pulled and "Fiber Counts was LOW??? what is Low??? as I have the Many Photographs taken, Co Workers as Witnesses, Falsified Documents submitted to DEQ to proceed with this Suspicious Fire remodel on a LARGE PUBLIC Resort and Spa Equipment CONTAMINATED as per my Photographs..Do I have a Case? Or Does The Public Information Act hide the facts?
Call Senator Patty Murry where she stands on Banning Asbestos as she refuses to make contact with us int this MATTER to Resolve and AID Us Exposure Victims.
Again Asbestos Injury Starts at Onset...No Safe Levels of Expsoure ..PEL..and then the digestive cancers that have been found to be cause by Asbestos Exposures.
Is the U.S. Behind the Third World when it come to Asbestos Laws Enacted ,Enforced and to protect the corperations over the very peoples who make up the American Workforce...Please Protect Us Workers and Our familes..we are Trying to Protect YOU from Harm of Asbestos Expsoures unknowingly/fraudulently/criminally.