What does the great state of Texas have in common with mesothelioma injury cases? We are going to find out.
Mesothelioma, some lung cancers and asbestosis are being directly linked to exposure to asbestos. This potentially dangerous material was very popular and was therefore massively used in the building industry. Well, up until a certain point and before the good reputation fell apart practically within a matter of months.
One of the characteristics of asbestos was its extraordinary resistance to heat exposure and fire. Which, of course, made it widely used in concerned areas. But unfortunately, not long after that, it became evident that more and more people were diagnosed with asbestosis or mesothelioma.
Texas found itself among the top ten states reporting the largest number or reported mesothelioma injury incidents. It currently ranks in fifth place. Ahead are New York, Pennsylvania, California and Florida.
And there is a reason as to why Texas if so high up there. Texas is the home of many petroleum companies and they do use asbestos in their production lines. In addition to that, it is also used in the numerous ship building facilities located there. And lastly, as for everywhere else, there are still a lot of old homes that were never updated and therefore still contain asbestos laden materials.
In general, up until 1985, asbestos was liberally used in both, the building and construction supply industry. It was proven that this material could be produced easily and also very inexpensively to manufacture. That’s why some manufacturing corporations changed their entire product portfolio to asbestos based materials.
If you come across a house that was built prior to 1975, it might still have asbestos siding and asbestos roofing on it. Interestingly, there seems to be a geographic pattern that indicate hotspots within the state of Texas: Galveston, Jefferson, Harris, Bexar, Tarrant and Dallas county clearly stand out as reporting the highest number of new mesothelioma injury diagnoses.
It is not surprising to realize that because of the increasing amount of asbestos induced diseases, more and more personal injury lawyers expanded their business. The most prominent work of theirs is probably the so called mesothelioma class action lawsuits. Those cases typically involve large amounts of money.
The whole area of mesothelioma and lawsuits grew into a large and lucrative business enterprise for personal injury attorneys. Mesothelioma compensation claims don’t necessarily need to go through a jurisdictional procedure. The compensation settlement money comes from previously installed trust funds, generated by corporations in the asbestos industry.
The author of this article on mesothelioma injury cases, is a kidney cancer patient. On his website he regularily writes in his kidney cancer blog and reports on the status of his cancer journey.
