Service, Advocacy & Results for Veterans
Asbestos Attorneys Passionate About Veteran Rights
Many military veterans have contracted mesothelioma from service-related exposures to asbestos. In fact, approximately one third of Americans diagnosed with mesothelioma were exposed in the military. Asbestos was used in a variety of capacities in the military, especially in the navy. If you served in the U.S. Navy prior to the mid-1970s, then you were likely exposed to asbestos while aboard a ship. The fiber was used in heating pipes, air vents, and insulation panels. It was in sleeping compartments, mess halls, passageways, gun mounts, boiler rooms, and more.
Mesothelioma Center of Excellence at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center
In 2013, we launched a campaign urging our clients and their families to write their senators and congressmen to get the word out to VA doctors and vets about the Mesothelioma Center of Excellence at the West LA VA. What we found was that, while the VA hospital’s mesothelioma center had the potential to help veterans with mesothelioma cancer, many people had no idea it existed. The result was a lack of funding, clinical trials, research, and physician referrals.
The family of Navy Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, who died of mesothelioma in 2000, has agreed to lend their name to the expanded program. The new center would be called the “Elmo Zumwalt Mesothelioma Treatment & Research Center.” Other families have pledged financial support to kick-start the program, including a pledge of $500,000 from the family of John Johnson, a Marine infantryman who lost his battle with mesothelioma in 2012. We petitioned for funding to expand the so that it would have the capacity to treat greater numbers of vets and conduct research and clinical trials that will benefit all patients, vets and non-vets.
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Medical Empowerment
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Legal EmpowermentGet the compensation you need to address the financial cost of your illness.
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Going For The GoldHelping empower our clients with over $2.5 Billion in recoveries. We fight for our clients!
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Giving Back To The CommunityUnprecedented Support for Mesothelioma Research. See how we can help!
Mesothelioma Settlements & Verdicts
Our top priority is to devise customized legal strategies that are tailored to the unique legal needs of our clients, no matter how simple or complicated their situations, might be.
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Cook County Jury Awards $40.75 Million (2023)
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Los Angeles Jury Awards $26.6 Million (2013)
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Jury Awards $18M to Retired City Government Official Who Contracted Mesothelioma from Asbestos-Contaminated Talcum Powder
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Jury Finds Colgate-Palmolive Talcum Powder Causes Mesothelioma, Awards $13 Million
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Fresno Jury Awards $10,900,000
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Los Angeles County, CA (2022)
