$ 3,600,000 achieved to date in patients with mesothelioma of the application

A 70-year-old man suffered a stroke several years after his retirement: The discovery that breathing problems are due to a severe form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure during the brief military service.

Within the justice issues that provided by leading asbestos law firm Weitz & Luxenberg said the man the story of his life, his exposure to asbestos and diagnosis of mesothelioma cancer almost 50 years after work in the material in the minerals have been used to cause cancer contains.

Weitz & Luxenberg was a native Massachusetts, he entered the Navy in 1945, its first month of service spent assigned to training, before a ship is assigned in the final phase of construction at New York's Brooklyn Navy Yard. She spent several weeks on board the ship and saw materials containing asbestos insulation is applied throughout the ship.

After completing his military service he started in college and worked on a manufacturing defect electronics world until his retirement in 1989.
Once developed respiratory problems has applied for medical treatment in September 1997 and was diagnosed with mesothelioma. The man has an operation to remove, where they undergo his right side and the lining of his right lung.

At the time of his dismissal in 2000, recalled that doctors said the average life expectancy of patients with mesothelioma was forty-two months.

Because of his pension and salary payments wives, his wife and he does not face immediate financial devastation to families struggling with a meeting of the diagnosis of lung cancer asbestos. However, as with other mesothelioma patients with cancer, facing his illness may, at their income in the form of medical costs and have other financial obligations.

Luckily, Weitz & Luxenberg, with the help of lawyers say that financial management of approximately $ 3,600,000 since its application was filed on mesothelioma cancer.

The cancer as malignant mesothelioma is almost always caused by asbestos. Mesothelioma symptoms are very dependent on the type of mesothelioma you have. Peritoneal mesothelioma affects the abdominal cavity and its symptoms include abdominal swelling and digestive problems.

Lung or pleural mesothelioma mesothelioma affects the lining of the lungs and symptoms include shortness of breath, coughing blood and pain in the chest.
Currently, there is no cure for mesothelioma, but there are a number of methods for treatment of mesothelioma be effective when applied during the early stages of mesothelioma.

Weitz & Luxenberg Mesothelioma lawyers are among the leading mesothelioma lawyers in the U.S. The company has specialized in cases of mesothelioma cancer in 1986 and has earned millions of dollars for thousands of people suffering from mesothelioma. Weitz & Luxenberg accepts cases of mesothelioma cancer to all areas of the United States and parts of Canada. Weitz & Luxenberg's asbestos lawyers have been recognized the best lawyers, New York New York Magazine.