Our California mesothelioma lawyers can initially consider a potential



mesothelioma lawsuit on the basis of the diagnosis alone, just because

mesothelioma is a rare disease occurring almost never in the absence of

asbestos exposure. Our mesothelioma attorneys can be almost certain

that in any particular individual case we will be able to identify the

source of the asbestos exposure, which will often have taken place 20

to 50 years prior to the date of diagnosis. Mesothelioma can result

from direct exposure to asbestos or indirect exposure. Direct exposure

is most commonly the result of working in professions in which asbestos

was used, trades such as were employed in shipyards, and generally,

pipe fitters, insulators, plasterers, electricians, bricklayers,

carpenters, steel workers, mine workers, auto mechanics, the U.S.

military, or at factories or in other industries, professions and

trades in which asbestos was used. Direct exposure sometimes also has

occurred as the result of asbestos in heating systems in work places,

in homes, apartment buildings, and even in schools. Indirect exposure

to asbestos has commonly been found to occur, for example, in family

members of those who worked in these industries, who came into contact

with asbestos fibers from clothing worn by the worker.

Confirming the diagnosis, and then identifying the source of the

asbestos exposure are the first steps our mesothelioma lawyers

undertake, followed by an exhaustive preparation of the damage

evidence. recognizing that mesothelioma is a fatal disease, the

statistical mean average being that the patient is likely to pass away

within 2 years of the date of diagnosis, although the measurement of

life expectancy in the individual case may differ, and our mesothelioma

lawyers commonly rely on the prognoses of the client's treating

physicians. The damages include ?general damages,? the client's loss of

life expectancy, the loss of all that the client would have enjoyed had

his life not been cut short, his emotional distress, pain and

suffering. Our mesothelioma lawyers also work up the client's ?special

economic damages,? including medical and hospital and related medical

expense, past and future for the duration of the client's life

expectancy; as well the loss of earnings the client would have received

over the course of his natural work life expectancy if he had not been

stricken with the disease. For a more complete discussion of the

measure of damages, and our California mesothelioma lawyers methods of

preparing the damage evidence, including the array of experts required

to properly prepare the damage evidence, you may consider our

web page. Our California mesothelioma lawyers also represent the

families of those who have passed away as the result of asbestos

related mesothelioma. Again the diagnosis almost always assures that

our mesothelioma attorneys will be able to identify the means of

asbestos exposure, and then the damages in a mesothelioma wrongful

death case include the family members? losses of love and affection and

society and protection and emotional support, as well as economic

support that they would have received from their loved one had he or

she not succumbed to this asbestos related disease.

Our

will consider representing mesothelioma clients in Northern and

Southern California, in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Orange

County and San Jose, from Sacramento to San Diego, and we will consider

representing those who have been diagnosed with the disease throughout

the country with the aid of local attorneys in which cases we would

generally appear as the primary trial attorneys pro hac vice.