Toxic Exposure Injuries

Filing A Mesothelioma Lawsuit Against An Employer In Louisiana Yes, even though you’ve been retired for years, you still have rights to compensation for injuries you received on the job from exposure to asbestos. While there is a statute of limitations in injury claims, when it comes to mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases, the statute of […]

When you hire The Gertler Law Firm to handle a mesothelioma lawsuit in New Orleans, you you’ll pay exactly nothing upfront. From attorney’s fees to court and investigative costs, we operate on a strict contingency-fee basis. That means that you are responsible for none of the financial costs of a case unless we win for you. […]

Where to file a particular case is a more involved question than you may realize. Though you may live in Louisiana, you may have incurred asbestos-related injuries in another state. Or, the headquarters of an old employer or asbestos manufacturer may be in another state. There are certainly cases where it’s worthwhile to file a […]

No, when a damage award or settlement is paid out in a mesothelioma case in New Orleans, the person who receives the award has sole discretion over how the money is spent. For those being treated for a dangerous cancer, access to additional funds can open doors for traveling to distant cancer centers for Mesothelioma treatment or […]

Yes, the family members of those who worked in asbestos-contaminated job sites were unfortunately also exposed to asbestos fibers brought home on the skin, hair, and clothing of their loved one. Many mesothelioma cases arise from secondhand asbestos exposure. We’ve represented adults with mesothelioma who experienced asbestos exposure when they were small children and a parent worked for […]

Because of Louisiana’s statute of limitations on mesothelioma lawsuits, it’s important that you don’t wait too long to contact an experienced mesothelioma lawyer in New Orleans after diagnosis. In general, you have one year to initiate legal action in a mesothelioma case, and your lawyer will need some time to investigate the matter and establish that […]

There are a variety of occupations that tend to put people at certain jobs at greater risk for asbestos exposure, and later developing mesothelioma. Because the disease has a very long latency period, mesothelioma usually develops in older people who worked decades earlier in jobs like construction, shipbuilding, oil refining, manufacturing, or automotive service. Veterans also […]

Yes, unfortunately there is such a thing as secondary exposure to asbestos. In many cases, spouses and children of workers at job sites with asbestos have developed mesothelioma as a result of this exposure. Asbestos fibers, which were widely used in industry through the 1980s, are extremely small and fine and often end up appearing as a […]

Is there any correlation between smoking and mesothelioma? Mesothelioma is caused “solely” by exposure to asbestos. It is a rare form of cancer which develops from cells of the mesothelium, the protective lining that covers many of the internal organs of the body. Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked in jobs where they inhaled […]

Because of the long latency period between asbestos exposure and the development of mesothelioma, it’s common to find that employment or tax records have been lost by the time a diagnosis is made in Louisiana. For the purposes of your mesothelioma legal claim, it is necessary to show documentation of your workplace exposure to asbestos, which is […]