CONNECTICUT MESOTHELIOMA LAWYERS

Connecticut, located along the coastline of the Long Island Sound, has a strong maritime tradition. Groton, Connecticut is home to the largest submarine base in the world. The Electric Boat Corporation, also located in Groton, is a major contractor for submarine construction and repair work for the United States Navy. During World War II Electric Boat played a pivotal role, building 74 submarines for the US Navy. Electric Boat Corporation is still Groton’s largest employer. Because of the long-standing history of submarines in the town, Groton is referred to as the “Submarine Capital of the World”. The submarines built at Electric Boat from the 1940s through the mid 1970s contained many pounds of asbestos insulating products. The shipyard workers who constructed these submarines were exposed to the hazards of asbestos on a daily basis.

Connecticut is also known for leading the charge into the Industrial Age. In cities like New Haven, Berlin, Bridgeport and Hartford there are smokestack industries that have anchored the Connecticut economy and exposed thousands of workers to asbestos products.

Though Connecticut is one of the smallest states in terms of area in the United States, it is the 29th most populous state and may be one of the largest in terms of risk of exposure to asbestos. Hundreds of Connecticut residents have died from mesothelioma or asbestosis over the past 40 years. Because asbestos-related cancers develop decades after exposure, asbestos-related deaths continue to be found among people in Connecticut. Experts believe that the incidence of mesothelioma will continue to rise for many years before reaching its peak, followed by a gradual decline. Thousands of mesothelioma cases will continue to be diagnosed nationally for many years to come.

OCCUPATIONS AT RISK

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

Aircraft Mechanics & Repairmen
Automobile Mechanics
Boilermakers
Brick and Stone Masons
Carpenters
Chemical Plant Workers
Construction Workers
Crane and Hoist Men
Drill Press Operators
Drywall Workers & Tapers
Electric Power Linemen & Cable Men
Electricians
Engineers
Firefighters
Foundry Workers
Heavy Equipment Mechanics
HVAC Workers
Industrial Engineers
Industrial Plant Workers
Insulators
Iron Workers
Laborers
Longshoremen and Stevedores
Machine Operators
Machinists
Mechanical Engineer
Merchant Marines
Metal Lathers
Millwrights & Mill Workers
Paper Mill Workers
Painters
Pipefitters
Plasterers
Plumbers
Power Plant Workers
Railroad Workers
Roofers and Slaters
Sheet metal Workers
Shipyard Workers
Steamfitters
Textile Operators and Workers
Tile Setters
U.S. Navy Veterans
Welders

JOBSITES WITH KNOWN ASBESTOS EXPOSURE

The following is a list of some of the Connecticut jobsites 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 a mesothelioma attorney for more information. There are many other jobsites in Connecticut where asbestos was used.

ADC Contr. & Supply Corp.
Acands, Inc.
Aetna life Insurance Co
Alloy Boundaries
American Cyanamid
American Enka Corp.
American Machine & Foundry Co.
American Research Corp.
Asbestos Distributors Corp.
AT&T Co.
Berlin Plant
Berlington Harwinton School
Bigelow Co.
Board of Water Commissioners
Bridgeport Brass Co
Bridgeport Harbor Station
Bristol Hospital
Bullard Co.
Burrows Corp
Bushnell Plaza
C.H. Dexter Co
C.M. Flagg
Central State Teachers College
Charles Pfizer & Co
Church of St Helena
Combustion Engineering, Inc.
Conn Bi-Products Corp.
Connecticut Bank & Trust Co – Constitution Plaza
Connecticut General Life Ins. Co.
Connecticut Light & Power Co
Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company
Consolidated Industries
Constitution Plaza
Cripple Children’s Hospital
Cummings Insulation Co., Inc.
Curtis St.
Darien High School
Dow Chemical Co
East Hartford Public Deliveries
Eastern Trucking Siding
Ebasco Services
Electric Boat
Fairfield State Hospital
Farrel Foundry and Machine company
Farrell Machine Corporation
Federal Office Bldg
G. Fox & Co.
Gaffney School
General Dynamics Corp
General Insulation Distributor
Griffin Hospital
Hamilton Standard
Hamilton Standard Propeller
Hartford Electric Co.
Hartford Electric Light Co
Hartford Gas Co
Hartford Hospital
Hartford Public High School
Hartford Research Center
Hartford Steam Boiler
Heublin
Homestead Insulation Co.
Homestead Stores
Hotel America – Constitution Plaza
Housing for Elderly -YMCA
Howard Johnson Restaurant
Hublein Inc
Insulation Company
Jelliff Corp.
Kennedy Apts.
Kline Geology Lab
Labor Department Building
Lawrence & Memorial Hospital
Lewin and Sons, Inc.
Limback Co.
Litchfield High School
Litchfield Junior High School
M. A. Feinberg
M.J. Daly & Sons Incorporated
Magnetic DSD Co
Mansfield State Hospital
Marden & Wasserman Inc
Masonic Temple
Meadow Hill Housing
Meublein Inc.
Miles Lab Job
Millstone Nuclear Power Plant
Montville Power Station
Morgan Street Siding
Mt Sinai Hospital
Naugatuck Chemical Co.
Naval Reactors Division
Naval Submarine Base
Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Neron Insulation
New Britain Trust Co Bldg
New Canaan High School
New Danbury High School
New Diesel Generator plant
New Haven
New Newington Children’s Hospital
Newington Hospital
Northeast Nuclear Energy Company
Norwich State Hospital
Nurway Tobacco
Old Saybrook Elementary School
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
Park City Supply Co.
Parkville Siding
Peabody Engineering Corp.
Pfizer & Co. Inc.
Pfizer Chemical
Pfizers
Phoenix Mutual Life Ins Co
Post Secondary Tech
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft
Pratt, Read & Co., Inc.
Public Siding
Read & Greenwood
Read School – Griffin Hospital
Remington Arms
Robert A. Keasbey Company
Rogers Corp
Rose St Power House
Scovill Mfg. Co.
Seymour High School
Sheldon Station
South Catholic High School
Southern New England Telephone Co
Stamford High School
Stamford Hospital
Stamford Insulation Company
Stanley Works
Star Supply Co.
State Teachers College
Stratford Housing Job
Taft School
Talco
Teachers College
Thames Insul. Co.
Thermal Acoustics, Inc.
Tomlinson Asbestos Co.
Torrington Co
Tracy Robinson & Williams co.
U.S. Naval Submarine Base
Undersea Warfare & Research lab
Uniroyal, Inc.
United Aircraft
United Illuminating
University of Bridgeport
University of Connecticut
University of Hartford
Wesleyan University
Westfield State Sanitarium
White St. Teachers College
Willgoos Laboratory
Windsor Jr. High School
Windsor Street Public Siding
Yale Medical School
Yale University

MESOTHELIOMA IN CONNECTICUT

The high levels of asbestos used in Connecticut industries have been reflected in the health of Connecticut workers, hundreds of whom have died from asbestos-related diseases, including mesothelioma. Like other asbestos diseases, mesothelioma has a long latency period. This means that a person usually develops mesothelioma long after the initial exposure to asbestos – usually between 10 and 50 years later.

Due to this latency period, the number of Connecticut mesothelioma deaths continues to rise even though asbestos is seldom used in Connecticut today. The most significant risk of exposure today comes from the removal of asbestos containing products particularly when buildings are demolished.

From 1979-2001, over 400 mesothelioma deaths were reported in Connecticut. Other statistics show the age-adjusted death rate for mesothelioma for Connecticut residents to be 12.4 deaths per million per year.

CONNECTICUT MESOTHELIOMA LAWYER

Galiher DeRobertis & Waxman has worked on behalf of workers from Connecticut to help them recover compensation for their mesothelioma caused by asbestos exposure. If you have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, and you believe you were exposed to asbestos in Connecticut, it is important that you contact a skilled attorney with experience in asbestos litigation. In addition, time is of the essence, because you have a limited amount of time to file suit.

We urge you to contact one of our mesothelioma lawyers for a free consultation. We can help you investigate the sources of your exposure, and determine what companies were responsible.