NEW JERSEY MESOTHELIOMA LAWYERS

New Jersey is the nation’s most densely populated state. Because New Jersey is situated largely between the New York City and Philadelphia metropolitan areas, many of its residents have worked in these industrial cities, as well as the large industrial cities of New Jersey. Machinery and equipment used in heavy industry were widely insulated and fire-proofed with asbestos materials. Consequently, New Jersey’s residents have been exposed to asbestos products and suffer from asbestos-related diseases, in much greater numbers than other states.

The Garden State’s economy is centered on the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, energy-intensive industries, the shipping industry and food processing operations. New Jersey is home to such major pharmaceutical corporations as Johnson and Johnson, Pfizer, Merck, Wyeth, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Schering-Plough. Asbestos products were used extensively in the construction and maintenance of the large pharmaceutical, power, chemical, and manufacturing plants which proliferate throughout the state.

New Jersey’s strategic location has made the shipping and transportation industries a large part of its economy. Sources of asbestos exposure in New Jersey include the state’s many railways and shipyards. Construction workers were often exposed to asbestos during the construction of New Jersey’s numerous public and private buildings. Drywall installers, insulators, plumbers and masons are especially vulnerable to asbestos-related diseases.

Although, asbestos products are not widely used anymore, asbestos-related cancers continue to afflict New Jersey residents in great numbers. According to the Centers for Disease Control, Somerset County, in central New Jersey, Camden County, near Philadelphia, and Union County, part of the New York Metropolitan Area, have among the highest mesothelioma mortality rates in the United States.

OCCUPATIONS AT RISK

Below is a list of occupations that put New Jersey workers at a known risk of asbestos exposure. If you worked in one of these occupation in the 1980’s or earlier, there is a good chance you were exposed to asbestos:

Aircraft Mechanics & Repairmen
Automobile Mechanics
Boilermakers
Brick and Stone Masons
Carpenters
Chemical Plant Workers
Chemical Technicians
Construction Workers
Crane and Hoist Men
Drill Press Operators
Drywall Tapers
Electric Power Linemen & Cable Men
Electricians
Engineers
Firefighters
Foundry Workers
Freight and Material Handlers
Furnace Men, Smelter-Men & Pourers
Garage Workers
Grinding Machine Operators
Heavy Equipment Mechanics
HVAC Workers
Industrial Engineers
Industrial Plant Workers
Insulators
Iron Workers
Laborers
Locomotive Engineers
Longshoremen and Stevedores
Machine Operators
Machinists
Merchant Marines
Metal Lathers
Millwrights & Mill Workers
Mixing Operators
Molders
Oil Refinery Workers
Painters
Pipefitters
Plasterers
Plumbers
Power Plant Workers
Railroad Workers
Roofers and Slaters
Sheetmetal Workers
Shipyard Workers
Steamfitters
Textile Operators
Tile Setters
U.S. Navy Veterans
Vandermolen Corp.
Welders

JOB SITES WITH KNOWN ASBESTOS EXPOSURE

The following is a list of some of the New Jersey job sites where there is a documented use of asbestos products. If you or a family member worked at one of these places, you may be at a heightened risk of asbestos disease.

If you believe that you may have been exposed to asbestos at your own job, please contact one of our mesothelioma attorneys for more information. The sites include:

Shipyards

Federal Shipbuilding
Naval Weapons Station
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Brooklyn Navy Yard (New York)
Caddell Dry Dock (New York)
GMD Shipyard (New York)
RTC Shipbuilding

Power Plants

Consolidated-Edison Powerhouses
Hope Creek Generating Station
Oyster Creek Generating Station
Salem Nuclear

Oil and Refineries

Amerada-Hess
American Smelting & Refining
Coastal Eagle Point
Esso
Halliburton
Hess
Humble Oil & Refining
Mobile
Standard Oil
Texaco
Tosco
Valero

Other sites

Campbell Soup
Chipman Chem Rhodia Inc.
Curtiss Wright
Dupont
E.I. Dupont Denemours & Co.
Ford Motor
G.A.F. Corp.
General Airline & Film
Ingersoll-Rand
Merck
Metasol Prod.
Otto B. May Inc.
Owens Corning
Pearsall Chemical Co.
Raybestos-Manhattan
RCA factory
Rheem Manufacturing
S. Blickman Inc.
S.B. Penick
Treck Engineering
Trex Engineering & Supply Co.

MESOTHELIOMA IN NEW JERSEY

Malignant mesothelioma is one of the most aggressive cancers. Asbestos exposure is the sole cause of this terminal disease. New Jersey’s industrial workers suffer among the highest malignant mesothelioma mortality rates in the nation. Somerset County has the 5th highest mesothelioma death rate of all counties in the United States. Camden County and Union County are close behind. Only a handful of states have higher asbestos-related disease rates than New Jersey.

Mesothelioma has a lengthy latency period. This means that a person develops mesothelioma long after the initial exposure to asbestos. This period ranges from 10 to 50 years after contact with the asbestos product. As a result, the disproportionate number of mesothelioma deaths in New Jersey will sadly continue.

NEW JERSEY MESOTHELIOMA ATTORNEY

Our firm has decades of experience in representing persons who have been diagnosed with mesothelioma. We help investigate the sources of your asbestos exposure and determine the companies who were responsible for your cancer.

If you have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, and you believe you were exposed to asbestos in New Jersey, it is critical that you engage a skilled mesothelioma lawyer. Time is of the essence because you have a limited period of time to file suit. Thus, you should immediately contact our firm for a free consultation.