You may be viewing this website page because you need the strength and legal support of an asbestos lawyer in America or Canada. You have come to us to take a stand on an important issue. We have been taking that stand since 1986--and winning for people like you. In a recent asbestos case, the asbestos lawyers of Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. secured a multi-million dollar jury verdict against an auto giant for a New York City brake reliner who lost his right lung to mesothelioma.

The auto giant had known about the dangers of asbestos since the 1930s. Tragically, however, the company deceived its workers for decades, failing to inform them about the life-threatening nature of asbestos, a known carcinogen.

Our client's illness was entirely avoidable and our top-notch Asbestos Litigation team was able to prove as much.

Sadly, this case is but one of thousands Weitz & Luxenberg asbestos lawyers have had to bring on behalf of those whose lives have been upended by asbestos.

Many workers were exposed to asbestos for decades on a daily basis and were unaware of the lethal dangers. The daily toll from asbestos dust exposure is 30 deaths in the U.S., and that rate is expected to increase, according to the Environmental Working Group.

People who are very ill with asbestos-related diseases such as mesothelioma, lung cancer or asbestosis are hardworking people just like you. People who worked in industries such as motor vehicle production and repair, construction and the textiles industry.

These are people whose families have been robbed of financial security while companies that made, distributed and used asbestos, profited.

Who can fight for these people?

On behalf of those harmed, the asbestos lawyers of Weitz & Luxenberg have filed tens of thousands of cases to help provide financial security, access to medical care and dignity. Weitz & Luxenberg has recovered hundreds of millions more for its asbestos clients.

What if I don't see a multi-million dollar verdict?

The asbestos lawyers at our firm have succeeded in securing millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements. Beyond those million-dollar awards, still tens of thousands of clients have been able to recover lesser sums but nonetheless money that helps pay for substantial portions of medical costs and other related expenses. Our asbestos lawyers have even obtained financial awards from asbestos companies that were bankrupt.
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If you are suffering from mesothelioma you may be eligible for compensation. Irwin Mitchell's specialist mesothelioma solicitors deal exclusively with claims for compensation for victims of work related illness or medical conditions such as mesothelioma and other asbestos related diseases.
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If you have been diagnosed with mesothelioma you have probably been advised by your Chest Physician or Oncologist to seek legal advice. This is because you have the right to make a claim for compensation against those responsible for your illness.We are specialist mesothelioma solicitors. We understand that being diagnosed with mesothelioma or indeed any asbestos related disease can leave you feeling angry, upset and worried for your future.

Mesothelioma - your right to compensation Our solicitors will give you clear practical legal advice about your right to compensation.

One of our specially trained mesothelioma team will discuss your compensation claim with you in a confidential and sensitive manner and provide free, no obligation help and advice, including your right to state benefits and the Dust Fund payment.
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Asbestosis is a chronic inflammatory medical condition affecting the parenchymal tissue of the lungs. It occurs after long-term, heavy exposure to asbestos, e.g. in mining, and is therefore regarded as an occupational lung disease. Sufferers have severe dyspnea (shortness of breath) and are at an increased risk regarding several different types of lung cancer.

As clear explanations are not always stressed in non-technical literature, care should be taken to distinguish between several forms of relevant diseases. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), these may be defined as; asbestosis (the subject of this article), lung cancer, and mesothelioma (generally a very rare form of cancer, but increasing in frequency as people exposed to asbestos age).

The primary symptom of asbestosis is generally the slow onset of shortness of breath on exertion. In severe, advanced cases, this may lead to respiratory failure. Coughing is not usually a typical symptom, unless the patient has other, concomitant respiratory tract diseases.

In the event you decide to make a claim for Asbestos compensation, your case will be dealt with sympathetically by one of our specialist solicitors. Each of our appointed solicitors are experts in handling Asbestos claims and have many, many year’s experience. Furthermore, we have solicitors throughout the UK and they will be happy to visit you at your home at your convenience.
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Hattons Solicitors was established in April 2001, our driving force being the ambition to establish a niche personal injury practice, that can offer a specialist service and ensure complete client satisfaction. With an initial staff of just three, the practice has now grown to twenty in 2008.

The fact that we are an efficient and focused practice ensures that our clients always receive the personal touch. This coupled with our strong local links means that we can pride ourselves on the amount of referrals we receive from former clients who recommend us due to the quality of service they have received.

Claims Handlers - St Helens Road Traffic Accidents, Personal Injury,

Industrial Diseases Claims, Will Drafting

Mr Bruce Hatton, Solicitor (Senior Partner)
Direct Dial: 01744 744414
Email: bruce.hatton@hattonssolicitors.com
Department: Personal Injury/Industrial Disease

Mr Paul Williams, Solicitor (Partner)
Direct Dial: 01744 744408
Email: paul.williams@hattonssolicitors.com
Department: Road Traffic Accidents Mr Andrew Lewis, Solicitor
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Email: andrew.lewis@hattonssolicitors.com
Department: Personal Injury/Industrial Disease Mr Mark Cotson , Solicitor
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Email: mark.cotson@hattonssolicitors.com
Department: Road Traffic Accidents

Mr David Merrills, Solicitor
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Email: david.merrills@hattonssolicitors.com
Department: Road Traffic Accidents & Will Drafting
Miss Jenny Winfield-Worrall, Solicitor
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Email: jennifer.worrall@hattonssolicitors.com
Department: Road Traffic Accidents/Personal Injury
Miss Colette Hesketh, Legal Executive
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Email: colette.hesketh@hattonssolicitors.com
Department: Road Traffic Accidents

Mr Kevin Bond, Senior Litigation Executive
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Email: kevin.bond@hattonssolicitors.com
Department: Road Traffic Accidents
Miss Claire Snowden, Litigation Executive
Direct Dial: 01744 744411
Email: claire.snowden@hattonssolicitors.com
Department: Road Traffic Accidents
Mr Chris Howard, Solicitor
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Email: chris.howard@hattonssolicitors.com
Department: Road Traffic Accidents Claims Handlers - Widnes Road Traffic Accidents, Personal Injury
Mr Stephen Hodkinson, Solicitor
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Email: steve.hodkinson@hattonssolicitors.com

Miss Debbie Wainwright, Solicitor
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Email: debbie.wainwright@hattonssolicitors.com
Other Key Staff Members - St Helens
Mr Roy Benham, Accounts Manager
Direct Dial: 01744 744417
Email: roy.benham@hattonssolicitors.com

Mrs Michelle Gough, Office Manager
Direct Dial: 01744 744418
Email: michelle.gough@hattonssolicitors.com
FAX: St Helens: 01744 744404, Widnes: 0151 495 2227
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We are a specialist law firm dedicated to ensuring that those who have suffered injuries in accidents or contracted illnesses as a result of their work, receive the representation and assistance they deserve.

We have over 30 years experience of representing private and Trade Union clients and have been involved in several of the leading personal injury cases over the past few years.

In recognition of our efforts we have become one of the first firms nationally to be awarded Corporate Accreditation by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. The Accreditation provides a kite mark of competence and specialist expertise for Solicitors dealing with personal injury claims.

From our base in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, we service clients throughout the country. Home and hospital visits are offered to all our clients as well as evening and weekend appointments.

Our extensive experience allows us to cover a wide range of cases from serious spinal and head injuries to minor whiplash.
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At Trethowans we’re passionate about being a different law firm. Many clients have commented on the ‘certain type’ of personality that the firm attracts, and they’re right. Our people and our ‘Team Trethowans’ approach are our most valuable assets in ensuring that we deliver first-class legal advice in a personable and approachable way.

Founded in 1866, Trethowans has grown to become a team of over 130 people, including 23 partners and over 45 lawyers across offices in Salisbury and Southampton. We offer a complete range of services for business and individual clients that are delivered with the kind of dedication and excellence you expect from one of the South's leading solicitors.

Our business lawyers, who specialise in different areas of the law, work together to regularly advise international and national household brand names, owner-managed, entrepreneurial and major regional employers across the UK, Hampshire and Wiltshire. Five of our six teams that advise business clients are rated in the two independent guides to the legal profession, Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession and Legal 500.

For individuals who require help for personal matters, our teams of expert lawyers deliver advice in a down-to-earth and approachable manner. It is here that the ‘Trethowans’ personality is particularly beneficial so that individual clients can meet the ‘real person’ behind the lawyer. Four of our five teams that advise individual clients are also rated in Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession and Legal 500.
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We specialise in doing personal injury claims for injured victims, but most of our work involves doing claims on behalf of asbestos diseases sufferers who may have developed mesothelioma, lung cancer, asbestosis or pleural thickening. We also deal with many other industrial disease claims such as for occupational asthma, silicosis, bladder cancer, dermatitis, vibration white fingers (HAVS), deafness (NIHL), etc.

We have always handled injury and disease claims for victims. We pioneered compensation for the cotton workers' lung disease, byssinosis, in the 1980s. We acted for many years for the GMB Union in Merseyside. We still work for Unions but most of our clients now come to us because they have been recommended to do so. We have one of the largest dust and lung diseases practices in the country, and have recovered millions of pounds in compensation for lung disease victims and their families. We have recovered compensation for thousands of accident victims, but have avoided dealings with claims handlers or "claims farmers," because we believe people are better off dealing directly with specialist solicitors. We have been involved in most of the test cases in relation to asbestos diseases claims and have constantly fought to preserve and extend the rights of asbestos disease sufferers to compensation.

John Pickering, who retired in 2004, started the firm over 30 years ago. The firm has 5 partners, and up to 40 staff, spread between Manchester, Halifax and Liverpool. The partners are Carol Ann Hepworth and Neil Fisher based in Manchester; Paul Glanville and Ruth Davies based in Halifax and Kevin Johnson based in Liverpool. Claire Horton is in charge of our clinical negligence department and is based in Manchester. We have always dealt with medical or clinical negligence, and have a Legal Services Commission franchise in this as well as personal injury.

We are an award winning practice and in 2007 received the accolade from Liverpool Law Society of Specialist Law Firm of the Year. We are consistently highly ranked by legal guides and in 2008, the Chambers legal directory ranked us in the category, “One of the Best in the UK” for industrial disease claims.
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Asbestos Specialists

Humphreys & Co. support the North Bristol NHS Trust Mesothelioma Research Fund

Compensation claims arising from asbestos, asbestosis, mesothelioma, pneumoconiosis, pleural thickening and pleural plaques. Our solicitors (including membership of the specialist Law Society Personal Injury Panel) pursue compensation claims for asbestos disease for clients throughout the world including in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Netherlands, Zimbabwe, Ireland, China, Spain, Germany and elsewhere, as well as throughout the UK.

Our clients keep 100% of their damages.

Call FREEPHONE 0800 54 26 451 to talk through your situation at no cost with somebody at partner level with decades of experience in advising and representing successfully victims of asbestos industrial disease.
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No win no fee claims for asbestos exposure leading to lung disease, asbestosis, mesothelioma and pleural thickening

We are a firm of specialist industrial disease solicitors who offer advice on compensation claims for workers injured following exposure to asbestos.

More people die in Britain from asbestos linked cancer than are killed in road accidents. Up to 2000 people die each year because of related conditions such as mesothelioma.

Find out more about asbestos claim rewards and how we can help you obtain the compensation you deserve.

We can advise you on claims arising from employment carried out in key industrial towns such as Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Nottingham, Bradford, Hull, Bristol, Cardiff, Newport, Newcastle, Sunderland and the North East.

Background

Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral and until the 1970s asbestos was extensively used for many different purposes.

Asbestos was often mixed with other materials as well as being used on its own. Asbestos has thermal insulation qualities and heat retardant properties and this encouraged its widespread use during most of the 20th century. It was made into paper, cloth, tape, felt, yarn, millboards, cement, flat sheets and wallboards. Consequently, materials and components containing asbestos were used throughout industry and also at home.

For example:

Asbestos was used as an insulating material lagging on pipes and boilers.

Cloth was used in aprons, curtains, ironing board covers and floor linings.

Sheets and materials were used extensively in factory buildings, farm buildings and domestic houses, such as asbestos insulation boards, roofing, ceiling tiles, fascia boards and guttering.

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Inhaling asbestos dust and fibres can result in suffering serious and sometimes fatal diseases, however the diseases seldom appear until 20 years or more after breathing the asbestos dust.

The related diseases are:

a) Pleural Thickening - This is thickening of the lining of the lung and can cause impairment of the functioning of the lung. Therefore it can result in breathlessness and difficulty breathing.
b) Asbestosis - This is fibrosis or scarring of the lungs and this causes increasing breathlessness and coughing.
c) Lung Disease or cancer - Exposure to asbestos can increase the risk of developing lung cancer and can cause lung cancer.
d) Mesothelioma - This is a fatal cancer of the lining of the lung or abdomen

The scientific view is that there is no safe level of exposure to asbestos dust. Related diseases such as mesothelioma can be caused by very low levels of exposure to asbestos dust.

It is now generally held by the courts that from 1965 onwards employers should have known that exposing their employees to even low levels of asbestos dust created a significant health risk of employees suffering asbestos related cancers and therefore precautions must be taken to avoid exposing employees to asbestos dust.

Prior to 1965 it was known by employers that dusts in the workplace caused chest diseases and therefore precautions should be taken to avoid employees inhaling dusts. However, it is generally accepted by courts that before 1965 employers did not know that inhaling only small amounts of asbestos could cause lung cancer.
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The Legal Line solicitors, Experts in Mesothelioma Compensation Claims Charles Cochran’s mesothelioma compensation claim was settled in four months using The Royal Courts of Justice FAST TRACK PROCEDURE

Charles was exposed to asbestos over 40 years ago when working first as a plumber and then as a pipe fitter. Ј150,000 damages were secured after he was diagnosed with mesothelioma. "This compensation is not going to bring my health back. But it will make sure my wife will be looked after. It's a big relief to know that this has all been sorted out in my lifetime."

If we can help you, please contact us on 0800 032 8511.

Every penny of compensation won is yours.

If we proceed with your claim it will be on a no-cost-to-you basis.

Asbestos is the greatest single cause of work-related illnesses and deaths in the UK and a damning indictment of previous corporate negligence.

1 Timing.

If you have an asbestos-related condition seek legal advice promptly - there are time limits on making a claim.

Should Thompsons proceed with your claim it will be on a no-cost-to-you basis.

You will get 100% of the settlement achieved and not a penny less.

If you are a member of a trade union, use your union's legal scheme.

2 Where were you exposed to asbestos?

It's important to think back to the time, or times, possibly long ago, when you believe you were exposed.

3 Liability.

Your employer is, or was, responsible for protecting you from exposure to asbestos at work.

Even if your employer no longer exists we may still be able to help you pursue a claim.

4 Compensation.

Our aim is to maximise your compensation.

We will claim compensation on your behalf for all past and future losses.

5 State Benefit claims.

You may be entitled to industrial injuries disablement benefit and/or other state benefits.

For further information and free expert legal advice call 0800 032 8511.

is suffering from mesothelioma because of exposure to asbestos, it is possible that our specialist personal injury lawyers could help you to claim compensation. Contact us today on 0800 032 8511 for claim advice,
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At Accidents Direct we recognise that being injured or involved in an accident can be stressful. It is therefore very important to be only in the best hands.

We work with a network of specialists injury lawyers around the country, who deal with all claimants to a very high standard of personal service and attention.

Simply fill in our claim form and one of our claim executives will be able to asses in minutes if they think our specialists injury lawyers maybe able to help you, and offer to send your details through to a lawyer.

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All our personal injury lawyers work under professional codes of conducts and will be able to give you free advice on your claim, as well as a realistic estimate on the amount of compensation you could receive depending on your injuries if you are successful. Our specialist personal injury lawyers aim to make the accident claim process as simple, fast and stress-free for you as possible, and are there to help answer any worries you may have.

The whole service is totally free and it will not cost you a penny to enquire or claim – not even any lawyers’ fees. If successful, you will keep 100% Compensation with no deductions. You do not pay Accidents Direct any fees or costs either.

So if you have been involved in an accident through no fault of your own in the last three years, call us free on 0800 1777 506 to speak to one of our fully trained legal team.

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