ARIZONA MESOTHELIOMA ATTORNEY

Asbestos usually spreads through airborne fibers. When asbestos-containing materials are disturbed, these fibers can become airborne and be inhaled or ingested. This can happen during renovation, demolition, mining, or in industries where asbestos is used. Once airborne, these fibers can also settle on clothing or materials, increasing the risk of spreading to other environments.

The legal grounds for filing a mesothelioma claim typically include proven exposure to asbestos due to someone else's negligence or failure to warn about the dangers of asbestos. That said, you must also provide evidence of a positive mesothelioma diagnosis.

No, asbestos exposure alone does not automatically warrant a claim. For a valid legal claim, there needs to be a diagnosis of an asbestos-related illness, like mesothelioma, that can be directly linked to the exposure. The exposure must also be due to negligence or failure to warn by another party.

You can potentially sue various parties depending on where and how you were exposed. This may include former employers, manufacturers of asbestos-containing products, contractors or builders, and, in some cases, property owners or landlords.

Symptoms may begin to show many years after asbestos exposure, often between 20 to 50 years. This long latency period is one of the reasons why mesothelioma is so challenging to diagnose early. Symptoms usually appear only when the disease has progressed to a more advanced stage.

At Morgan and Morgan, our mesothelioma and asbestos exposure lawyers won't charge you anything upfront to represent you. This means you'll have access to attorneys from a nationwide and powerful injury firm—America's largest, to be precise—without paying anything upfront. Instead, you'll only pay us a small fraction of the settlement or verdict if we win.

The first step in the pursuit of mesothelioma compensation is to find out whether your case satisfies all elements of a mesothelioma claim. This process starts with a free case evaluation by a mesothelioma expert from Morgan and Morgan. To get started, please fill out this form.