Boston Asbestos Attorney

Boston is one of America’s oldest cities with a rich history since its settlement hundreds of years ago. In the centuries leading up to the present day, Boston has long been one of the country’s most important economic and cultural hubs.

The capital of Massachusetts has a population of nearly 700,000 residents, many of whom worked and still work at manufacturing or shipbuilding jobsites. These jobsites frequently used asbestos to develop Boston industry, exposing too many Boston residents to the dangers of asbestos.

Why Is Asbestos Dangerous?

Asbestos was banned in the 1970s after evidence pointed to the harms caused to humans when asbestos is disturbed and released into the air at jobsites. Workers who swallow, inhale or otherwise ingest asbestos are at risk for developing the following diseases:

• Asbestosis
• Mesothelioma
• Asbestos-related lung cancer

Each of these diseases can cause death, and mesothelioma is a cancer that, unlike lung cancer, is primarily caused by asbestos exposure alone. Whereas lung cancer can be caused by smoking and air pollution, a mesothelioma diagnosis points directly toward asbestos as the cause of the cancer.

Mesothelioma can take decades for an initial asbestos exposure to transform into cancerous mesothelioma, meaning Boston workers who were exposed to asbestos many years ago could still be at risk of receiving a mesothelioma diagnosis.

Asbestos Exposure in Boston

CDC estimates reveal that nearly 500 asbestos-related deaths were suffered in Boston’s Suffolk County from 1999 to 2013. Across the entire state of Massachusetts, nearly 1,200 mesothelioma deaths are estimated to have occurred over this time period.

The reason for these troubling findings could partially be due to the fact that pleural mesothelioma is relatively rare compared to lung cancer, which has an incidence rate of more than 200,000 new patients each year. By comparison, pleural mesothelioma cancer is diagnosed in approximately 3,000 new patients every year.

As such, there is a more established protocol for treating lung cancer, although progress is being made to improve pleural mesothelioma survival rates. Even so, there is still less than a 10% chance that a pleural mesothelioma patient will survive five years after receiving a mesothelioma diagnosis.

The harms inflicted by asbestos exposure deserve legal compensation due to the medical and human costs this deadly disease inflicts. Known jobsites that exposed Boston workers to asbestos include:

• AT&T Company
• Balcom Electric
• Beth Israel Hospital
• Boston Edison Company
• Boston Naval Yard
• Boston University
• Harvard Medical School
• Suffolk University
• United States Naval Shipyard

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with mesothelioma or another asbestos-related disease, talk to a Boston mesothelioma lawyer to pursue legal compensation.

Talk to a Boston Mesothelioma Lawyer

The Ledger Law Firm represents Boston asbestos victims and their loved ones who were wrongly exposed to asbestos and were diagnosed with mesothelioma. Our team builds a strong case that proves your illness was caused by a responsible party who exposed you to asbestos, which will give you the right to receive compensation.

Contact us online today for a legal consultation to discuss the facts of your case against a responsible party who caused your asbestos-related disease.