They are:

* All types of expenses for medical treatment should be a part of the compensation.

* The person after being affected by this disease might lose the capacity to work further. In that case how will he lead the rest of the life? Hence he has to be compensated for that.

* The patient can claim compensation for his sufferings and the pain he has to bear.

* The wage loss he makes will also be compensated if he can properly place the claims.

The patient and his family will obviously make the claims. The opponent party against whom the case is to be filed can be an individual or an organization dealing with the business of asbestos especially related to manufacture of certain equipments made of asbestos. So the organization or the particular company is liable for being negligent about the matter and never paid attention towards what type of preventive measures can be taken to give protection to the workers from the airborne asbestos fibers.

Formation of tumors

Asbestos related disorders have Mesothelioma in its lead category. When a person is highly exposed to this natural mineral asbestos over a long duration of time there is a very high probability of the person to suffer from Mesothelioma.

Tumors circle around the abdominal cavity and slowly this takes the shape of deadly cancer. Medical surveys have shown an account of 92% patients suffering from Mesothelioma having abdominal tumors.

It might happen that when a person is working in an asbestos factory he doesn't have this disease. The time range of suffering from this cancer can be over 25 years from the work period. Thus the patient doesn't even understand initially that where was the problem and why it is taking such a dangerous shape.

The case that can be raised against Mesothelioma should have a solid ground for making demands of compensation. If you have been exposed to asbestos fibers out of your own choice and ignorance then it will be pretty tough to file the case because who ware you going to fight against. Generally such instances are rare because most of the Mesothelioma patients were at some point of lifetime workers at an asbestos company.